Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0092118
PRECOAT METALS, Hawesville, KY: NPDES KY0092118 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 17Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 14Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PRECOAT METALS, held by Precoat Metals, holds NPDES permit KY0092118, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued June 12, 2019 and expiring July 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 filed | PRECOAT METALS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Precoat Metals |
| NPDES ID | KY0092118 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 12, 2019 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2024 |
| Address | Hawesville, KY 42348 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Yellow Creek Fork-Ohio River (HUC 051402010703) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 24Pollutants on file
- 17Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 14With 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 | 8 | 60 | 60 | February 29, 2012 | 590% over the limit |
| Aluminum, total recoverable | 4 | 30 | 30 | July 31, 1999 | 459% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 30 | 19 | February 28, 2017 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 19 | 19 | January 31, 2001 | 300% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 15 | 15 | April 30, 2006 | 447% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 6 | 12 | 12 | March 31, 2015 | 215% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 10 | 10 | May 31, 2000 | 184% over the limit |
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 8 | 8 | October 31, 1998 | 190% over the limit |
| E. coli | 2 | 6 | 6 | March 31, 2026 | 942% over the limit |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 4 | 5 | 5 | May 31, 1999 | 110% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 3 | 3 | March 31, 2018 | 52% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 53% over the limit |
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 2 | December 31, 1999 | 150% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2000 | 58% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, Acute | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 0 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES KY0092118.
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.