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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0054780

FARMDALE WWTP, Frankfort, KY: NPDES KY0054780 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

FARMDALE WWTP, held by Farmdale WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0054780, which discharges to South Benson Crk. EPA’s file records it issued February 4, 2019 and expiring March 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 filedFARMDALE WWTP
Permittee as filedFarmdale WWTP
NPDES IDKY0054780
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
IssuedFebruary 4, 2019
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2024
AddressFrankfort, KY 40601
Receiving waterSOUTH BENSON CRK
SubwatershedSouth Benson Creek (HUC 051002051004)

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]4359237July 31, 20263,710% over the limit
E. coli2289237July 31, 202699,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2292167July 31, 20262,567% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2244118November 30, 2021107,355% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]1132105July 31, 202699% over the limit
Solids, total suspended218058June 30, 2026524% over the limit
pH27420April 30, 2026
Coliform, fecal general099August 31, 20071,100% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2680
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
October 31, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 31, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 31, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
March 30, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 30, 2021Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
March 22, 2019Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6
March 22, 2019Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
May 22, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
May 22, 2018Reporting Violations - Failure to NotifyST6

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.