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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0078298

EVERGREEN WWTP, Frankfort, KY: NPDES KY0078298 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EVERGREEN WWTP, held by Evergreen WWTP, holds NPDES permit KY0078298, which discharges to South Benson Crk. EPA’s file records it issued February 6, 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 filedEVERGREEN WWTP
Permittee as filedEvergreen WWTP
NPDES IDKY0078298
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 6, 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
Chlorine, total residual211270June 30, 202674,900% over the limit
E. coli28553June 30, 202699,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]14927June 30, 202691% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]411517September 30, 2025655% over the limit
Solids, total suspended28412December 31, 2025227% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2837March 31, 2022267% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general042February 28, 200735% over the limit
pH2471September 30, 2019
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant2380
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
September 18, 2024Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
September 18, 2024Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
April 20, 2022Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
April 20, 2022Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
December 21, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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.