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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0022861

FRANKFORT MUNICIPAL STP, Frankfort, KY: NPDES KY0022861 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FRANKFORT MUNICIPAL STP, held by Frankfort Municipal STP, holds NPDES permit KY0022861, which discharges to Kentucky River. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2006 and expiring October 31, 2011. 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 filedFRANKFORT MUNICIPAL STP
Permittee as filedFrankfort Municipal STP
NPDES IDKY0022861
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 29, 2006
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2011
AddressFrankfort, KY 40601
Receiving waterKENTUCKY RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedCedar Run-Kentucky River (HUC 051002050710)

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
E. coli24844October 31, 202524,900% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]162121August 31, 202592% over the limit
Solids, total suspended811016October 31, 2025149% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01313May 31, 200699,999% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal11311December 31, 202547% over the limit
pH484July 31, 2024
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8193April 30, 2020117% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]153August 31, 201014% over the limit
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units132March 31, 2021289% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12160
Overflow volume [SS0 volume, CSO volume]16100
Duration of discharge16100
Discharge event observation [Visual Monitoring]1690
Ann. amt sludge disposed by other method150
Annual amt of sludge incinerated150
Iron, total recoverable840
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant440
Stream flow, instantaneous240
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]240
Zinc, total recoverable1020
Cadmium, total recoverable1020
Lead, total recoverable1020
Copper, total recoverable1020
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]220
Precipitation, total defined period/in120
Annual amount of sludge land applied120
Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant120
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal120
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]800
Chloride [as Cl]800
Arsenic, total recoverable800
Selenium, total recoverable800
Nickel, total recoverable800
Silver total recoverable800
Chromium, total recoverable800
Oil and grease800
Phenolics, total800
Mercury, total recoverable800
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]400
Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable400
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]200
Silver, total dry weight, sludge mt200
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge200
Solids, total, sludge, percent200
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]200
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]200
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]200
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]200
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]200
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]200
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]200
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]200
Phosphorus, sludge, total, dry weight [as P]200
Annual amt sludge disposed in landfill100

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 KY0022861.

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 15, 2026.