Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES KS0096539
NESIKA ENERGY, LLC - ETHANOL PLANT, Scandia, KS: NPDES KS0096539 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NESIKA ENERGY, LLC - ETHANOL PLANT, held by NESIKA ENERGY, LLC, holds NPDES permit KS0096539, which discharges to Republican R (1025001728). EPA’s file records it issued July 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NESIKA ENERGY, LLC - ETHANOL PLANT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NESIKA ENERGY, LLC |
| NPDES ID | KS0096539 |
| 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 | July 1, 2017 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2021 |
| Issuing agency | Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) |
| Address | Scandia, KS 66966 |
| Receiving water | Republican R (1025001728) |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | School Creek-Republican River (HUC 102500170202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 31Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 13 | 10 | December 31, 2025 | 26% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 6 | 3 | September 30, 2014 | 3,600% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 8 | 2 | October 31, 2016 | 157% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||
| pH | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, Total As P | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 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 KS0096539.
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 15, 2026.