Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0025895
STURGIS STP, Sturgis, KY: NPDES KY0025895 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STURGIS STP, held by Sturgis STP, holds NPDES permit KY0025895, which discharges to Cypress Crk. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2018 and expiring May 31, 2023. 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 | STURGIS STP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Sturgis STP |
| NPDES ID | KY0025895 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 1, 2018 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2023 |
| Address | Sturgis, KY 42459 |
| Receiving water | CYPRESS CRK |
| Subwatershed | Cypress Creek (HUC 051402050504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 29Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 29With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 174 | 142 | May 31, 2026 | 2,094% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 166 | 138 | October 31, 2016 | 667% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 84 | 76 | October 31, 2013 | 16,264% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 41 | 38 | December 31, 2016 | 460% over the limit |
| BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal | 0 | 36 | 33 | September 30, 2016 | 233% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 62 | 26 | October 31, 2016 | 331% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 21 | 17 | May 31, 2025 | 908% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 12 | 9 | September 30, 2009 | 36% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 11 | 7 | January 31, 2007 | 50% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2022 | 47% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 2 | 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 KY0025895.
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.