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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0052264

SANDY HOOK STP, Sandy Hook, KY: NPDES KY0052264 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SANDY HOOK STP, held by Sandy Hook STP, holds NPDES permit KY0052264, which discharges to Little Sandy River. EPA’s file records it issued December 23, 2015 and expiring January 31, 2021. 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 filedSANDY HOOK STP
Permittee as filedSandy Hook STP
NPDES IDKY0052264
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 23, 2015
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2021
AddressSandy Hook, KY 41171
Receiving waterLITTLE SANDY RIVER
SubwatershedHeadwaters Little Sandy River (HUC 050901040101)

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
Phosphorus, total [as P]1012391July 31, 2026915% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]69646September 30, 2022800% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]89643March 31, 2026457% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual013036April 30, 20042,809% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general02917December 31, 20051,100% over the limit
Solids, total suspended66315February 28, 2026211% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal12115February 28, 2026273% over the limit
pH2175December 31, 2010
E. coli275January 31, 2023908% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal171July 31, 2008560% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4140
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit2120
Oil & Grease2120
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl Total2120
Nitrite Plus Nitrate Total2120
Solids, total dissolved [TDS]2120
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]160
Nitrogen, total [as N]240
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]040
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]040
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]040
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]040
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]040
Zinc, total recoverable040
Cadmium, total recoverable040
Lead, total recoverable040
Copper, total recoverable040

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
March 18, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 18, 2025Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
September 12, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 8, 2022Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
June 8, 2022Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
June 8, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
June 8, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 1, 2021Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
September 1, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 1, 2021Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
September 1, 2021Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6
August 4, 2020Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
August 4, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 25, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6

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.