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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0022276

CALGON CARBON CORP, Catlettsburg, KY: NPDES KY0022276 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CALGON CARBON CORP, held by Calgon Carbon Corp, holds NPDES permit KY0022276, which discharges to Big Sandy River / Whites Crk. EPA’s file records it issued November 20, 2019 and expiring December 31, 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 filedCALGON CARBON CORP
Permittee as filedCalgon Carbon Corp
NPDES IDKY0022276
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 20, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
AddressCatlettsburg, KY 41129
Receiving waterBIG SANDY RIVER / WHITES CRK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDurbin Creek-Big Sandy River (HUC 050702040405)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended87044July 31, 2019340% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C44131December 31, 2025908% over the limit
pH84515December 31, 2019
Coliform, fecal general02414March 31, 20114,900% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual03212November 30, 20072,532% over the limit
Phenolics, total recoverable02210April 30, 2014843% over the limit
E. coli277December 31, 20181,546% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units1126September 30, 2019108% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1225May 31, 200886% over the limit
Oil and grease0243October 31, 2010120% over the limit
Chloride [as Cl]282July 31, 201816% over the limit
Cobalt, total recoverable222August 31, 201582% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2111November 30, 2010235% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit291September 30, 20084% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant8330
Precipitation volume0240
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]0180
Selenium, dry weight110
Oil & Grease600
Arsenic, total recoverable200
Selenium, total recoverable200
Thallium, total recoverable200
Tin, total recoverable200
Titanium, total recoverable200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Zinc, total recoverable200
Cadmium, total recoverable200
Lead, total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Copper, total recoverable200
Vanadium, total recoverable200
Antimony, total recoverable200
Butyl benzyl phthalate200
Fluoranthene200
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol200
Phenol200
Di[2-ethylhexyl] phthalate [DEHP]200
o-Cresol200
Mercury, total recoverable200
Pyridine200
p-Cresol200
n-Decane200
Carbazole200
n-Octadecane200
2-Butanone200
Acetone200
Acetophenone200

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0022276.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.