Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0020877
RUSSELLVILLE STP, Russellville, KY: NPDES KY0020877 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 122Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RUSSELLVILLE STP, held by Russellville STP, holds NPDES permit KY0020877, which discharges to Town Br. EPA’s file records it issued November 29, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2023. 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 filed | RUSSELLVILLE STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Russellville STP |
| NPDES ID | KY0020877 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 29, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Address | Russellville, KY 42276 |
| Receiving water | TOWN BR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Mud River (HUC 051100030204) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 124Pollutants on file
- 122Under a numeric limit
- 18With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 124 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 32 | 12 | March 31, 2026 | 280% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 10 | 6 | September 30, 2022 | 908% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 4 | October 31, 2016 | 77% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | June 30, 2018 | 37% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 3 | 2 | July 31, 2002 | 9% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 3 | 2 | June 30, 2023 | 139% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2003 | 117% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phenol | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dichlorobromomethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon tetrachloride | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bromoform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloroform | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthylene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acenaphthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrolein | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Acrylonitrile | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthracene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Butyl benzyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorobenzene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chlorodibromomethane | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chrysene | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Diethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dimethyl phthalate | 2 | 0 | 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 KY0020877.
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.