Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0020699
KY DMA BLUEGRASS STATION DIVISION, Lexington, KY: NPDES KY0020699 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KY DMA BLUEGRASS STATION DIVISION, held by KY DMA Bluegrass Station Division, holds NPDES permit KY0020699, which discharges to North Elkhorn Crk. EPA’s file records it issued February 28, 2017 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 | KY DMA BLUEGRASS STATION DIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | KY DMA Bluegrass Station Division |
| NPDES ID | KY0020699 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | February 28, 2017 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Address | Lexington, KY 40516 |
| Receiving water | NORTH ELKHORN CRK |
| Subwatershed | Johnson Creek-Strodes Creek (HUC 051001020102) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 26 | 20 | October 31, 2019 | 833% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 24 | 16 | February 28, 2017 | 262% over the limit |
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 20 | 14 | February 28, 2017 | 1,158% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 15 | 13 | October 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 7 | January 31, 2015 | 488% over the limit |
| Oil & Grease | 4 | 9 | 3 | October 31, 2024 | 85% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 5 | 3 | February 28, 2014 | 100% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 2 | February 28, 2015 | 82% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 7 | 1 | February 28, 2010 | 13% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Metals, total | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Priority Pollutants | 0 | 1 | 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 KY0020699.
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.