Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0089672
AKEBONO BRAKE CORP, Elizabethtown, KY: NPDES KY0089672 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
AKEBONO BRAKE CORP, held by Akebono Brake Corp, holds NPDES permit KY0089672, which discharges to Valley Crk. EPA’s file records it issued August 12, 2019 and expiring September 30, 2024. 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 filed | AKEBONO BRAKE CORP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Akebono Brake Corp |
| NPDES ID | KY0089672 |
| 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 | August 12, 2019 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2024 |
| Address | Elizabethtown, KY 42701 |
| Receiving water | VALLEY CRK |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 146 | 102 | December 31, 2024 | 563% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 21 | 11 | August 31, 2025 | 2,323% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 53 | 2 | November 30, 2018 | |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 44 | 2 | June 30, 2011 | 40% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 87 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Trichloroethylene | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent tot recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cobalt, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 5, 2025 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
| July 8, 2020 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.