Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0095192
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP, Owensboro, KY: NPDES KY0095192 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP, held by Kimberly-Clark Corp, holds NPDES permit KY0095192, which discharges to Ohio River / Green 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 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Kimberly-Clark Corp |
| NPDES ID | KY0095192 |
| 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 | April 5, 2017 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2022 |
| Address | Owensboro, KY 42301 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER / GREEN RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hurricane Slough-Green River (HUC 051100050503) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 11With 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 | 10 | 6 | 4 | May 31, 2016 | 884% over the limit |
| E. coli | 4 | 4 | 4 | May 31, 2016 | 323% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 4 | 2 | January 31, 2010 | 7% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 2 | 1 | November 30, 2012 | 5% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| pH | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 2 | 2 | 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 KY0095192.
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.