Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0098221
NUCOR STEEL GALLATIN LLC, Ghent, KY: NPDES KY0098221 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 20Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 9Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUCOR STEEL GALLATIN LLC, held by Nucor Steel Gallatin LLC, holds NPDES permit KY0098221, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 | NUCOR STEEL GALLATIN LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nucor Steel Gallatin LLC |
| NPDES ID | KY0098221 |
| 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 | February 13, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Address | Ghent, KY 41045 |
| Receiving water | OHIO RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Hunt Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050902031009) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 20Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 9With 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 | 22 | 31 | 22 | August 31, 2022 | 558% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 11 | 11 | March 31, 2010 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 18 | 15 | 7 | January 31, 2013 | |
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 7 | 5 | August 31, 2007 | 170% over the limit |
| Oil and grease | 0 | 10 | 4 | March 31, 2007 | 253% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 5 | 4 | August 31, 2009 | 82% over the limit |
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 1 | 4 | 4 | March 31, 2014 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 6 | 2 | September 30, 2005 | 35% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 3 | 1 | April 30, 2007 | 10% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 4 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 4 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 18 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 18 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Metals, total | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| July 18, 2023 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Discharge without a permit | ST6 |
| August 4, 2022 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Narrative effluent violation | ST6 |
| August 4, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent Violation | ST6 |
| August 4, 2022 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Implement SWPPP/SWMP | ST6 |
| August 4, 2022 | Permit Violations - Violation Specified in Comment | ST6 |
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.