Tag: kpdes
Tis the reporting season!
Tis the semi-annual monitoring report season! Many facilities with KPDES general wastewater discharge permits and/or with air permits have semi -annual reports due on July 28 (DMRs) or July 30 (SAMRs). KPDES Discharge Monitoring Reporting (DMRs) for general industrial stormwater permit KYR00 have a semi-annual reporting deadline of January 28 and July 28. To help […]
Revised DMR Manual Available
A revised Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Manual is now available from the Kentucky Division of Compliance Assistance (DCA) and Division of Water (DOW). The revised manual has been updated to include information related to submission of DMRs using NetDMR. NetDMR is an internet application that KPDES permittees must use to submit Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) […]
EPA Recognizes Market-Based Nutrient Trading Program
The EPA, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality recently recognized a market-based nutrient trading program run by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The nutrient trading program works to offset increases in phosphorus loads by creating a market supply and demand for land capture and storage of nutrients. For […]
EPA Proposes Dental Amalgam Pretreatment Effluent Guidelines
Across the United States, municipalities are working to reduce the discharge of mercury to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Mercury is a bioaccumulative toxic pollutant that can cause a variety of adverse health effects in humans. In water, certain microorganisms can change mercury into methylmercury, a highly toxic form that builds up in fish, shellfish, and […]
Up and Coming: Two New Kentucky Pollution Discharge Elimination System (KPDES) General Permits for Coal Mining
On May 15, 2014, public notice was submitted for the proposed issuance of the two new general permits for coal mining in Kentucky by the Kentucky Division of Water (DOW). The public notice includes two new general permits for coal mining. The first is General Permit KYGE40000 for coal mining operations located in the eastern […]