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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0038571

JENKINS STP, Jenkins, KY: NPDES KY0038571 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JENKINS STP, held by Jenkins STP, holds NPDES permit KY0038571, which discharges to Elkhorn Crk. EPA’s file records it issued December 21, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2024. 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 filedJENKINS STP
Permittee as filedJenkins STP
NPDES IDKY0038571
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedDecember 21, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2024
AddressJenkins, KY 41537
Receiving waterELKHORN CRK
SubwatershedUpper Elkhorn Creek (HUC 050702020701)

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
Solids, suspended percent removal1157155June 30, 20261,193% over the limit
Solids, total suspended610084June 30, 2026586% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]49882June 30, 20261,211% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal16866June 30, 2026567% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual24539June 30, 202618,355% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]12624June 30, 202657% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]63618April 30, 2026276% over the limit
E. coli2117December 31, 202224,900% over the limit
Phosphorus, total [as P]6120
Nitrogen, total [as N]460
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant460
pH250
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit240
Oil & Grease240
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total240
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total240
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]240

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
August 14, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
August 14, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 9, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
January 9, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 14, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 14, 2025Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
July 2, 2025Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
July 2, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 23, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 23, 2024Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
February 27, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 27, 2023Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
March 22, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 22, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
March 22, 2022Management Practice Violations - No Licensed/Certified OperatorST6
October 18, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 10, 2020Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 10, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
November 8, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 18, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 16, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 1, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
December 18, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
July 12, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
April 17, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 17, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
January 25, 2018Management 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.