Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES OH0005282
OHIO VALLEY ELECTRIC CORP, KYGER CREEK STATION, Cheshire, OH: NPDES OH0005282 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 37Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
OHIO VALLEY ELECTRIC CORP, KYGER CREEK STATION, held by Ohio Valley Electric Corp, Kyger Creek Station, holds NPDES permit OH0005282. EPA’s file records it issued March 14, 2025 and expiring August 31, 2027. 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 | OHIO VALLEY ELECTRIC CORP, KYGER CREEK STATION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Ohio Valley Electric Corp, Kyger Creek Station |
| NPDES ID | OH0005282 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 14, 2025 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2027 |
| Address | Cheshire, OH 45620 |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Kyger Creek (HUC 050302020901) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 43Pollutants on file
- 37Under a numeric limit
- 34With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury, total low level | 10 | 60 | 14 | September 30, 2014 | 742% over the limit |
| Selenium, total recoverable | 6 | 54 | 6 | September 30, 2018 | 320% over the limit |
| Solids, total dissolved- 180 deg. C | 10 | 48 | 6 | September 30, 2018 | 154% over the limit |
| Boron, total [as B] | 2 | 48 | 6 | September 30, 2018 | 586% over the limit |
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 12 | 44 | 4 | September 30, 2018 | 60% over the limit |
| pH | 16 | 76 | 2 | July 31, 2009 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 26 | 95 | 1 | March 31, 2015 | 32% over the limit |
| Chlorination duration | 3 | 16 | 1 | April 30, 2010 | 17% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 11 | 1 | February 28, 2018 | 42% over the limit |
| Thermal Discharge | 1 | 11 | 1 | April 30, 2010 | 461% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal MF, MFC broth, 44.5 C | 2 | 7 | 1 | October 31, 2020 | 1,000% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 24 | 1 | 1 | September 30, 2023 | 35% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 20 | 90 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease [soxhlet extr.] tot. | 0 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 16 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 4 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 10 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 10 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Vanadium, total [as V] | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 8 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 8 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total recoverable, ug/L | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 8 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 4 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity [severity] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, free available | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Number of Events | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen peroxide | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES OH0005282.
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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