KPDES Permitted Facilities in Kentucky

Pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act, Kentucky is delegated to issue Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (KPDES) permits to all point source discharges (coal, storm water including Phase I and II programs, sanitary, municipal, industrial, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs), individual home residences, etc.) of pollutants to waters of the Commonwealth. These data, derived from information contained in EPA's Permit Compliance Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS), depict KPDES permitted facilities in Kentucky.依据《清洁水法》（Clean Water Act）第402条，肯塔基州获授权向所有向本州水域排放污染物的点源，发放肯塔基州污染物排放消除系统（Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, KPDES）许可证。此类点源涵盖煤炭行业排放、包含一阶段与二阶段项目的雨水排放、生活污水排放、市政排污、工业排污、集中式动物饲养场（Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, CAFOs）排放、合流制下水道溢流（Combined Sewer Overflows, CSOs）以及单个家庭住宅排污等场景。本数据集的数据源自美国环境保护署（EPA）的许可证合规综合信息系统（Permit Compliance Integrated Compliance Information System, ICIS）所收录的信息，用于呈现肯塔基州境内持有KPDES许可的各类设施。