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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0003603

ARKEMA INC, Calvert City, KY: NPDES KY0003603 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARKEMA INC, held by Arkema Inc, holds NPDES permit KY0003603, which discharges to Tennessee River. EPA’s file records it issued January 7, 2016 and expiring February 28, 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 filedARKEMA INC
Permittee as filedArkema Inc
NPDES IDKY0003603
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJanuary 7, 2016
Expiration dateFebruary 28, 2021
AddressCalvert City, KY 42029
Receiving waterTENNESSEE RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedGuess Creek-Tennessee River (HUC 060400060502)

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 81 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended202018December 31, 2025544% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units21111June 30, 2012651% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual122August 31, 201450% over the limit
Length of longest pH excursion122May 31, 201023% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C211December 31, 200546% over the limit
Copper, total recoverable211December 31, 2022124% over the limit
1,1,1-Trichloroethane211June 30, 2011166% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2020
pH1820
Oil & Grease1820
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]220
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]400
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Cyanide, total [as CN]200
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]200
Chloride [as Cl]200
Iron, total recoverable200
Selenium, total recoverable200
Thallium, total recoverable200
Chromium, total [as Cr]200
Nickel, total [as Ni]200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Carbon tetrachloride200
1,2-Dichloroethane200
Chloroform200
Toluene200
Benzene200
Acenaphthylene200
Acenaphthene200
Acrylonitrile200
Anthracene200
Benzo[b]fluoranthene200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene200
Benzo[a]pyrene200
.alpha.-BHC dissolved200
.beta.-BHC, dissolved200
Chlorobenzene200
Chrysene200
Dimethyl phthalate200
Fluoranthene200
Fluorene200
Hexachloroethane200
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]200
Methylene chloride200
Nitrobenzene200
Phenanthrene200
Pyrene200
Tetrachloroethylene200
1,1-Dichloroethane200
1,1-Dichloroethylene200
1,1,2-Trichloroethane200
Benzo[a]anthracene200
1,2-Dichlorobenzene200
1,2-Dichloropropane200
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene200
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene200
1,3-Dichlorobenzene200

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 KY0003603.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.