Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0121428
SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP - LINCOLN, Lincoln, NE: NPDES NE0121428 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP - LINCOLN, held by Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Lincoln, holds NPDES permit NE0121428, which discharges to Salt Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 29, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. 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 | SMITHFIELD PACKAGED MEATS CORP - LINCOLN |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Lincoln |
| NPDES ID | NE0121428 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | June 29, 2020 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2025 |
| Address | Lincoln, NE 68508 |
| Receiving water | SALT CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 12Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 57 | 25 | June 30, 2026 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, total gas chromatograph | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, dissolved, [as S] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sulfide, total [as S] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Hydrogen sulfide | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 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 NE0121428.
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.