Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0040576
GREENUP COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, Greenup, KY: NPDES KY0040576 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
GREENUP COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, held by Greenup County High School, holds NPDES permit KY0040576, which discharges to Slash Br Mile Point 0.57. EPA’s file records it issued April 7, 2017 and expiring May 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 filed | GREENUP COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Greenup County High School |
| NPDES ID | KY0040576 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 7, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Address | Greenup, KY 41144 |
| Receiving water | Slash Br Mile Point 0.57 |
| Subwatershed | Grays Branch-Ohio River (HUC 050901030107) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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] | 4 | 85 | 49 | February 28, 2026 | 405% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 56 | 20 | April 30, 2024 | 220% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 29 | 20 | June 30, 2016 | 84% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 32 | 14 | April 30, 2016 | 27,173% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 31 | 13 | October 31, 2025 | 46,054% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 40 | 4 | October 31, 2025 | 303% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 20 | 2 | September 30, 2007 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 18 | 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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| March 13, 2017 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| March 13, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - No Flow Measurement Device | ST6 |
| March 13, 2017 | Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid Permit | ST6 |
| March 13, 2017 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.