Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KY0110973
ROUGH CREEK MINING LLC (875-5011), Delaware, KY: NPDES KY0110973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ROUGH CREEK MINING LLC (875-5011), held by Pennyrile Energy LLC 875-5008, holds NPDES permit KY0110973, which discharges to Tributary Of Green River. EPA’s file records it issued June 11, 2014 and expiring July 31, 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 filed | ROUGH CREEK MINING LLC (875-5011) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Pennyrile Energy LLC 875-5008 |
| NPDES ID | KY0110973 |
| 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 | June 11, 2014 |
| Expiration date | July 31, 2019 |
| Address | Delaware, KY 42334 |
| Receiving water | TRIBUTARY OF GREEN RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Cash Creek-Green River (HUC 051100050404) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 16Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 16With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 151 | 18 | November 30, 2019 | 90% over the limit |
| Manganese, total recoverable | 4 | 78 | 16 | March 31, 2021 | 220% over the limit |
| Selenium, dry weight | 3 | 157 | 15 | March 31, 2018 | 167% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 69 | 7 | May 31, 2022 | 113% over the limit |
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 65 | 5 | October 31, 2020 | 400% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 63 | 1 | November 30, 2019 | |
| Toxicity, Acute | 3 | 1 | 1 | December 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Specific conductance | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Precipitation volume | 4 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Solids, settleable | 1 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Date of Sample Collection | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Date of Storm Event | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity, final conc toxicity units | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 0 | 10 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2019 | Permit Violations - Unapproved Operation | ST6 |
| April 11, 2017 | 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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