Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0022373
ASHLAND STP, Ashland, KY: NPDES KY0022373 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 51Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ASHLAND STP, held by Ashland STP, holds NPDES permit KY0022373, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued April 16, 2002 and expiring April 30, 2006. 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 | ASHLAND STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Ashland STP |
| NPDES ID | KY0022373 |
| 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 16, 2002 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2006 |
| Address | Ashland, KY 41101 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Solida Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050901030101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 55Pollutants on file
- 51Under a numeric limit
- 47With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 21 | 21 | January 31, 2016 | 99,999% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 8 | 11 | 9 | June 30, 2021 | 65% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 9 | 9 | August 31, 2016 | 140% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 7 | 6 | July 31, 2026 | 37% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 6 | 6 | October 31, 2015 | 105% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 5 | 4 | March 31, 2016 | 74% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 4 | 4 | June 30, 2015 | 2,911% over the limit |
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 4 | 7 | 3 | February 29, 2024 | 140% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 5 | 3 | December 31, 2004 | |
| E. coli | 0 | 3 | 3 | September 30, 2017 | 55% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 2015 | 40% over the limit |
| Duration | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Overflows | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total dry weight, sludge mt | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, weak acid, dissociable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 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 KY0022373.
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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