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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0104582

GYPSUM EXPRESS LTD CARROLLTON, Ghent, KY: NPDES KY0104582 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GYPSUM EXPRESS LTD CARROLLTON, held by Gypsum Express Ltd Carrollton, holds NPDES permit KY0104582, which discharges to Mccools Crk Mile Point 1.8. EPA’s file records it issued November 16, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2025. 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 filedGYPSUM EXPRESS LTD CARROLLTON
Permittee as filedGypsum Express Ltd Carrollton
NPDES IDKY0104582
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 16, 2020
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2025
AddressGhent, KY 41045
Receiving waterMcCools Crk Mile point 1.8
SubwatershedMcCools Creek-Ohio River (HUC 050902031010)

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
Solids, total suspended221058October 31, 2023720% over the limit
Oil and grease014135December 31, 20145,240% over the limit
Oil & Grease25911September 30, 202390% over the limit
Zinc, total recoverable01544September 30, 2019264% over the limit
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]0513October 31, 2019340% over the limit
pH21551May 31, 2003
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant21540
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]01500
Surfactants [MBAS]01500
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]01500
Chloride [as Cl]2780
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]240

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
May 25, 2021Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
May 25, 2021Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
May 25, 2021Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6
February 24, 2020Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
February 24, 2020Management Practice Violations - Best Management Practice DeficienciesST6
February 24, 2020Permit Violations - Violation Specified in CommentST6

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.