Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0033561
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY - KENTUCKY HYDRO PLANT, Grand Rivers, KY: NPDES KY0033561 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY - KENTUCKY HYDRO PLANT, held by Tennessee Valley Authority - Kentucky Hydro Plant, holds NPDES permit KY0033561, which discharges to Tennessee River. EPA’s file records it issued December 29, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2022. 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 | TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY - KENTUCKY HYDRO PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Tennessee Valley Authority - Kentucky Hydro Plant |
| NPDES ID | KY0033561 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Federal facility |
| Issued | December 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2022 |
| Address | Grand Rivers, KY 42045 |
| Receiving water | TENNESSEE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Bear Creek-Kentucky Lake (HUC 060400051005) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 6Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | 37% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 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 KY0033561.
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.