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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0091561

CAVELAND ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY, Horse Cave, KY: NPDES KY0091561 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CAVELAND ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY, held by Caveland Environmental Authority, holds NPDES permit KY0091561, which discharges to Green River. EPA’s file records it issued September 21, 2016 and expiring October 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 filedCAVELAND ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY
Permittee as filedCaveland Environmental Authority
NPDES IDKY0091561
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedSeptember 21, 2016
Expiration dateOctober 31, 2021
AddressHorse Cave, KY 42749
Receiving waterGREEN RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedWaterloo Valley-Green River (HUC 051100010807)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 123 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended1211693April 30, 20201,396% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C123830December 31, 2018473% over the limit
E. coli22119June 30, 2024908% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01918June 30, 201199,999% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal21312December 31, 2023360% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, percent removal254March 31, 2018253% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]282April 30, 2012173% over the limit
Cadmium, total recoverable2260
Lead, total recoverable2260
Copper, total recoverable2240
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]2220
Zinc, total recoverable2220
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]0200
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]0200
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]0200
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]0200
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units0110
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant6100
pH2100
Oil & Grease260
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]260
Selenium, total recoverable260
Thallium, total recoverable260
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]260
Antimony, total recoverable260
Dichlorobromomethane260
Carbon tetrachloride260
1,2-Dichloroethane260
Bromoform260
Chloroform260
Toluene260
Benzene260
Acenaphthylene260
Acenaphthene260
Acrolein260
Acrylonitrile260
Anthracene260
Benzo[k]fluoranthene260
Benzo[a]pyrene260
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether260
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane260
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether260
Butyl benzyl phthalate260
Chlorobenzene260
Chlorodibromomethane260
Chrysene260
Diethyl phthalate260
Dimethyl phthalate260
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine260
Ethylbenzene260
Fluoranthene260
Fluorene260
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene260
Hexachloroethane260
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene260
Isophorone260
Methyl bromide [Bromomethane]260
Methyl chloride [Chloromethane]260
Methylene chloride260
N-Nitrosodi-N-propylamine260

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
July 11, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
November 22, 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 15, 2026.