Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0023973
SCOTIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Scotia, NE: NPDES NE0023973 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SCOTIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by SCOTIA WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0023973, which discharges to N Loup R. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2012 and expiring June 30, 2017. 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 | SCOTIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SCOTIA WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0023973 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2017 |
| Address | Scotia, NE 68875 |
| Receiving water | N LOUP R |
| Subwatershed | Town of Scotia-North Loup River (HUC 102100070608) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 2 | 58 | 33 | April 30, 2012 | 154% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 270 | 24 | April 30, 2021 | 150% over the limit |
| pH | 5 | 143 | 15 | November 30, 2017 | |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 233 | 12 | April 30, 2021 | 80% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 16 | 2 | June 30, 2007 | 975% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 246 | 1 | November 30, 2015 | 42% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 5 | 138 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 106 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 106 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 58 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 58 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 6 | 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 NE0023973.
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 14, 2026.