Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0021474
BRANDENBURG STP, Brandenburg, KY: NPDES KY0021474 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BRANDENBURG STP, held by Brandenburg STP, holds NPDES permit KY0021474, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 | BRANDENBURG STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Brandenburg STP |
| NPDES ID | KY0021474 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 23, 2015 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2021 |
| Address | Brandenburg, KY 40108 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Flippins Run-Ohio River (HUC 051401041001) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 20With 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.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 184 | 184 | September 30, 2023 | 316% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 122 | 122 | January 31, 2023 | 110% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 40 | 40 | February 28, 2023 | 213% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 53 | 29 | August 31, 2014 | 482% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 13 | 13 | December 31, 2009 | 99,999% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 18 | 12 | October 31, 2023 | 24,900% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2019 | |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 6 | 3 | June 30, 2014 | 140% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 15 | 1 | March 31, 2005 | 5% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2021 | 11% over the limit |
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 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 KY0021474.
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.