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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0038946

HASTINGS POLLUTION CONTROL, Hastings, NE: NPDES NE0038946 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HASTINGS POLLUTION CONTROL, held by Hastings Pollution Control, holds NPDES permit NE0038946, which discharges to Big Blue River. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2018 and expiring June 30, 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 filedHASTINGS POLLUTION CONTROL
Permittee as filedHastings Pollution Control
NPDES IDNE0038946
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMajor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 29, 2018
Expiration dateJune 30, 2023
AddressHastings, NE 68901
Receiving waterBIG BLUE RIVER
SubwatershedHeadwaters West Fork Big Blue River (HUC 102702030302)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]48157October 31, 2019117% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]591October 31, 200612% over the limit
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]1260
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]1260
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]1260
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]1260
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]1260
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]1260
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia1140
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]1140
Phosphorus, total [as P]260
Solids, total suspended540
Nitrogen, total [as N]240
pH330
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant320
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit220
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0038946.

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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.