Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0049077
NEWCASTLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Newcastle, NE: NPDES NE0049077 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 23Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEWCASTLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by NEWCASTLE WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0049077, which discharges to Aowa 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 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NEWCASTLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | NEWCASTLE WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0049077 |
| 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 | Newcastle, NE 68757 |
| Receiving water | AOWA CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters Aowa Creek (HUC 101701011304) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 37Pollutants on file
- 23Under a numeric limit
- 37With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 | 5 | 71 | 16 | June 30, 2025 | 133% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 18 | 16 | July 31, 2026 | 12,598% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 59 | 15 | November 30, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 8 | 2 | July 31, 2011 | 200% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 56 | 1 | May 31, 2017 | 60% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2007 | 245% over the limit |
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2007 | 245% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 57 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], 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 NE0049077.
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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