Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0003549
CARBIDE INDUSTRIES LLC, Calvert City, KY: NPDES KY0003549 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CARBIDE INDUSTRIES LLC, held by Carbide Industries LLC, holds NPDES permit KY0003549, which discharges to Tennessee River. EPA’s file records it issued October 25, 2016 and expiring November 30, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | CARBIDE INDUSTRIES LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Carbide Industries LLC |
| NPDES ID | KY0003549 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 25, 2016 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2021 |
| Address | Calvert City, KY 42029 |
| Receiving water | TENNESSEE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Guess Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060400060502) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 9Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 3With an effluent exceedance
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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 162 | 6 | July 31, 2020 | 100% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 225 | 1 | April 30, 2008 | |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 156 | 1 | February 28, 2014 | 30% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 220 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 155 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 0 | 155 | 0 | ||
| Metals, total | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0003549.
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 15, 2026.