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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0106143

OHIO RIVER WWTP, Goshen, KY: NPDES KY0106143 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

OHIO RIVER WWTP, held by Louisville and Jefferson County MSD, holds NPDES permit KY0106143, which discharges to Ohio River. EPA’s file records it issued November 15, 2018 and expiring December 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 filedOHIO RIVER WWTP
Permittee as filedLouisville and Jefferson County MSD
NPDES IDKY0106143
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
IssuedNovember 15, 2018
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2023
AddressGoshen, KY 40026
Receiving waterOHIO RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLittle Huckleberry Creek-Ohio River (HUC 051401010604)

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; the 60 with the most exceedances of 118 are shown.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Solids, total suspended6168January 31, 202469% over the limit
E. coli2108January 31, 202541,566% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2124February 28, 200943% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general084September 30, 2011138% over the limit
pH264July 31, 2008
Toxicity, final conc toxicity units142June 30, 201350% over the limit
Solids, suspended percent removal151January 31, 20245% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant4100
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C680
Copper, total recoverable270
Hardness, total [as CaCO3]240
Zinc, total recoverable240
Cadmium, total recoverable240
Lead, total recoverable240
BOD, 5-day, percent removal140
Phosphorus, total [as P]620
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]110
Nitrogen, total [as N]400
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Oil & Grease200
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]200
Arsenic, total recoverable200
Selenium, total recoverable200
Thallium, total recoverable200
Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be]200
Nickel, total recoverable200
Silver total recoverable200
Chromium, total recoverable200
Antimony, total recoverable200
Dichlorobromomethane200
Carbon tetrachloride200
1,2-Dichloroethane200
Bromoform200
Chloroform200
Toluene200
Benzene200
Acenaphthylene200
Acenaphthene200
Acrolein200
Acrylonitrile200
Anthracene200
Benzo[k]fluoranthene200
Benzo[a]pyrene200
Bis[2-chloroethyl] ether200
Bis[2-chloroethoxy]methane200
Bis[2-chloroisopropyl] ether200
Butyl benzyl phthalate200
Chlorobenzene200
Chlorodibromomethane200
Chrysene200
Diethyl phthalate200
Dimethyl phthalate200
1,2-Diphenylhydrazine200
Ethylbenzene200
Fluoranthene200
Fluorene200
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene200
Hexachloroethane200
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene200
Isophorone200

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 11, 2024Permit 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.