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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0028479

DORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Dorton, KY: NPDES KY0028479 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, held by Dorton Elementary School, holds NPDES permit KY0028479, which discharges to Shelby Crk. EPA’s file records it issued September 11, 2017 and expiring October 31, 2022. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedDORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Permittee as filedDorton Elementary School
NPDES IDKY0028479
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 11, 2017
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2022
AddressDorton, KY 41520
Receiving waterSHELBY CRK

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]44012March 31, 2025290% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2182March 31, 202613% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]182September 30, 20244% over the limit
Solids, total suspended2160
pH2120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2120
Chlorine, total residual2120
E. coli2120
Oil & Grease020

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 29, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 26, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 4, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 18, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 15, 2022Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
March 24, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 28, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 18, 2017Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6

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 14, 2026.