Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0022039
ELIZABETHTOWN VALLEY CREEK WWTP, Elizabethtown, KY: NPDES KY0022039 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELIZABETHTOWN VALLEY CREEK WWTP, held by Elizabethtown Valley Creek WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0022039, which discharges to Valley Crk. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2009 and expiring May 31, 2014. 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 | ELIZABETHTOWN VALLEY CREEK WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Elizabethtown Valley Creek WWTP |
| NPDES ID | KY0022039 |
| 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 | April 20, 2009 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2014 |
| Address | Elizabethtown, KY 42701 |
| Receiving water | VALLEY CRK |
| Subwatershed | Lower Valley Creek (HUC 051100011004) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 13Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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] | 12 | 12 | 4 | September 30, 2024 | 115% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 7 | 3 | July 31, 2022 | 908% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 5 | 3 | December 31, 2015 | 1,548% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 3 | 1 | November 30, 2017 | 153% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 1 | January 31, 2007 | 7% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 12 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 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 KY0022039.
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.