Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0045314
STELLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Stella, NE: NPDES NE0045314 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
STELLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by STELLA WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0045314, which discharges to Muddy Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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 | STELLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | STELLA WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0045314 |
| 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 18, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Address | Stella, NE 68442 |
| Receiving water | MUDDY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Hoosier Creek-Muddy Creek (HUC 102400080304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 41Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 38With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 6 | 118 | 70 | May 31, 2024 | 510% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 6 | 69 | 19 | June 30, 2013 | 171% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 18 | 13 | June 30, 1996 | 40% over the limit |
| pH | 5 | 32 | 1 | February 29, 2000 | |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2021 | 118% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 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 NE0045314.
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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