Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0022420
HITE CREEK WQTC MSD, Louisville, KY: NPDES KY0022420 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 46Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
HITE CREEK WQTC MSD, held by Hite Creek WQTC MSD, holds NPDES permit KY0022420, which discharges to Hite Crk. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2007 and expiring June 30, 2012. 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 | HITE CREEK WQTC MSD |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hite Creek WQTC MSD |
| NPDES ID | KY0022420 |
| 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 | May 14, 2007 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2012 |
| Address | Louisville, KY 40285 |
| Receiving water | HITE CRK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Fork Harrods Creek (HUC 051401010504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 48Pollutants on file
- 46Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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] | 8 | 50 | 22 | July 31, 2024 | 613% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 28 | 10 | February 29, 2024 | 367% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 7 | 3 | January 31, 2009 | 563% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 16 | 10 | 2 | June 30, 2024 | 373% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2004 | 852% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 8 | 29 | 1 | April 30, 2011 | 1% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination] | 10 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total, sludge, percent | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt of sludge incinerated | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amount of sludge land applied | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 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 | ||
| Oil and grease | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenolics, total | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 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 | ||
| Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method | 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 KY0022420.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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 15, 2026.