Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0021466
NORTHERN KY SANITATION DISTRICT 1- DRY CREEK, Erlanger, KY: NPDES KY0021466 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 126Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NORTHERN KY SANITATION DISTRICT 1- DRY CREEK, held by Northern KY Sanitation District 1- Dry Creek, holds NPDES permit KY0021466, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued May 17, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2024. 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 | NORTHERN KY SANITATION DISTRICT 1- DRY CREEK |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Northern KY Sanitation District 1- Dry Creek |
| NPDES ID | KY0021466 |
| 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 | May 17, 2019 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2024 |
| Address | Erlanger, KY 41017 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Fourmile Creek (HUC 050902011207) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 133Pollutants on file
- 126Under a numeric limit
- 33With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 133 are shown.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 28 | 16 | March 31, 2026 | 339% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 18 | 14 | September 30, 2020 | 475% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 6 | March 31, 2006 | 126% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 14 | 2 | November 30, 2010 | 67% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | 27% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2003 | 20% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2004 | 100% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 2 | 2 | February 29, 2004 | 33% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | |
| E. coli | 2 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2023 | 140% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 10 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 88 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 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 |
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 KY0021466.
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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