Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0022411
MORRIS FORMAN WQTC MSD, Louisville, KY: NPDES KY0022411 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 50Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MORRIS FORMAN WQTC MSD, held by Morris Forman WQTC MSD, holds NPDES permit KY0022411, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued August 2, 1999 and expiring September 30, 2004. 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 | MORRIS FORMAN WQTC MSD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Morris Forman WQTC MSD |
| NPDES ID | KY0022411 |
| 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 | August 2, 1999 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2004 |
| Address | Louisville, KY 40211 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Fork Bear Grass Creek (HUC 051401010901) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 50Pollutants on file
- 50Under a numeric limit
- 21With 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 | 12 | 302 | 302 | June 30, 2026 | 1,107% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 12 | 257 | 253 | March 31, 2026 | 850% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 121 | 121 | June 30, 2026 | 573% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 81 | 81 | March 31, 2026 | 287% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 71 | 71 | October 31, 2025 | 30,559% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 23 | 23 | May 31, 2026 | 17,379% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 14 | 14 | November 30, 2024 | 95% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 14 | 14 | December 31, 2006 | 324% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 9 | 5 | September 30, 2023 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 3 | 3 | October 31, 2000 | 20% over the limit |
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease | 8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total dry weight, sludge mt | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 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 KY0022411.
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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