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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0079278

ARGILLITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Argillite, KY: NPDES KY0079278 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARGILLITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, held by Argillite Elementary School, holds NPDES permit KY0079278, which discharges to Little Sandy River. EPA’s file records it issued April 5, 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 filedARGILLITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Permittee as filedArgillite Elementary School
NPDES IDKY0079278
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 5, 2017
Expiration dateMay 31, 2022
AddressArgillite, KY 41121
Receiving waterLITTLE SANDY RIVER
SubwatershedAllcorn Creek-Little Sandy River (HUC 050901040505)

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]46034June 30, 2026443% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01717December 31, 199599,999% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]11413June 30, 201586% over the limit
E. coli21311March 31, 2026762% over the limit
Solids, total suspended22610June 30, 2015617% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]2259September 30, 2015120% over the limit
Chlorine, total residual2119September 30, 201523,991% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant280
pH220

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
April 8, 2026Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
May 21, 2025Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
November 8, 2024Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
March 13, 2017Permit Violations - Discharge Without a Valid PermitST6
March 13, 2017Management 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.