Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0030741
MEADOW GROVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Meadow Grove, NE: NPDES NE0030741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MEADOW GROVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by MEADOW GROVE WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0030741, which discharges to Buffalo Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023. 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 | MEADOW GROVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MEADOW GROVE WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0030741 |
| 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 | March 20, 2018 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Issuing agency | Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy |
| Address | Meadow Grove, NE 68752 |
| Receiving water | BUFFALO CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Jones Canyon-North Loup River (HUC 102100070302) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 33With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 33 | 21 | August 31, 2007 | 64% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 54 | 10 | February 29, 2016 | 200% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 54 | 5 | May 31, 2016 | 129% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 54 | 3 | May 31, 2016 | 63% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 9 | 3 | August 31, 2011 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 45 | 1 | December 31, 2005 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 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 NE0030741.
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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