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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0003514

EVONIK CORPORATION, Calvert City, KY: NPDES KY0003514 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EVONIK CORPORATION, held by Evonik Corporation, holds NPDES permit KY0003514, which discharges to Tennessee River / Cypress Crk. EPA’s file records it issued October 12, 2017 and expiring November 30, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedEVONIK CORPORATION
Permittee as filedEvonik Corporation
NPDES IDKY0003514
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedOctober 12, 2017
Expiration dateNovember 30, 2022
AddressCalvert City, KY 42029
Receiving waterTENNESSEE RIVER / CYPRESS CRK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedUpper Cypress Creek (HUC 060400060501)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant; the 60 with the most exceedances of 73 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended1055December 31, 2004190% over the limit
Oil and grease055January 31, 2011233% over the limit
pH1844December 31, 2015
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C222September 30, 200084% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units161March 31, 201421% over the limit
Pyrene240
Hexachlorobenzene240
Lead, total [as Pb]220
Carbon tetrachloride220
Chloroform220
Acrylonitrile220
Anthracene220
Benzo[k]fluoranthene220
Benzo[a]pyrene220
Chlorobenzene220
Chrysene220
Fluoranthene220
Fluorene220
Hexachloroethane220
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]220
Nitrobenzene220
Phenanthrene220
Tetrachloroethylene220
1,1-Dichloroethane220
1,1-Dichloroethylene220
1,1,1-Trichloroethane220
1,1,2-Trichloroethane220
Benzo[a]anthracene220
1,2-Dichlorobenzene220
1,2-Dichloropropane220
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene220
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene220
1,3-Dichlorobenzene220
1,4-Dichlorobenzene220
2-Chlorophenol220
2-Nitrophenol220
2,4-Dichlorophenol220
2,4-Dimethylphenol220
2,4-Dinitrotoluene220
2,4-Dinitrophenol220
2,6-Dinitrotoluene220
4-Nitrophenol220
4,6-Dinitro-o-cresol220
Phenol220
Ethylbenzene220
Vinyl chloride220
Trichloroethylene220
Hexachlorobutadiene220
3,4-Benzofluoranthene220
Chloroethane220
1,2-Dichloropropylene020
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1810
Oil & Grease800
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]400
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Zinc, total [as Zn]200

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0003514.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.