Velarion Records
The Pay Desk is the free weekly executive pay briefing — one company at a time, every number traceable to a public filing.
You’ll confirm on The Pay Desk’s sign-up page.

Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0103578

HONEY BRANCH REGIONAL STP, Van Lear, KY: NPDES KY0103578 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HONEY BRANCH REGIONAL STP, held by Honey Branch Regional STP, holds NPDES permit KY0103578, which discharges to Johns Crk. EPA’s file records it issued May 21, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 filedHONEY BRANCH REGIONAL STP
Permittee as filedHoney Branch Regional STP
NPDES IDKY0103578
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
IssuedMay 21, 2014
Expiration dateJune 30, 2019
AddressVan Lear, KY 41265
Receiving waterJOHNS CRK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedDaniels Creek-Johns Creek (HUC 050702030305)

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.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]43329January 31, 2025206% over the limit
E. coli22927January 31, 20256,567% over the limit
Solids, total suspended82214August 31, 202473% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal11514January 31, 2021561% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general01414June 30, 200799,999% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]8259June 30, 2021139% over the limit
BOD, carb-5 day, 20 deg C, percent removal165February 28, 2005347% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]174June 30, 200926% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4480
pH220
Nitrogen, total [as N]220
Phosphorus, total [as P]220
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]220
Cadmium, total recoverable220
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units120
Zinc, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020
Silver total recoverable200

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
April 29, 2025Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
April 29, 2025Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
September 23, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 29, 2024Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 23, 2023Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
January 23, 2023Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 21, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 21, 2021Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
October 21, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
October 9, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
March 22, 2019Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 17, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
October 17, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 17, 2018Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
July 6, 2018Effluent Violations - Narrative Effluent ViolationST6
July 6, 2018Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
October 31, 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.

Watch this permit

One permit holder, $99/month. Watch the register for one permit holder and the places and receiving waters tied to its permits. Choose “One permit holder” and enter this permit’s NPDES ID, KY0103578.

Start the watch

How often?
  • One permit holder — $99/month
  • One watershed — $2,990/year
  • One state — $4,990/year
  • The whole register — $18,000/year

How we handle your data → Privacy

EPA publishes a free Detailed Facility Report for every permit on ECHO: its compliance status quarter by quarter, its inspections, and its enforcement actions and penalties. EPA also sends free notices of new inspections and enforcement actions through ECHO Notify; enter NPDES ID KY0103578 there.

Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.