Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0132501
L.G. SIMMONS CONSERVATION PARK & WILDLIFE SAFARI WWTF, Ashland, NE: NPDES NE0132501 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
L.G. SIMMONS CONSERVATION PARK & WILDLIFE SAFARI WWTF, held by Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari, holds NPDES permit NE0132501, which discharges to Pawnee Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 27, 2018 and expiring December 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 | L.G. SIMMONS CONSERVATION PARK & WILDLIFE SAFARI WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park & Wildlife Safari |
| NPDES ID | NE0132501 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 27, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2023 |
| Address | Ashland, NE 68003 |
| Receiving water | PAWNEE CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Pawnee Creek (HUC 102002020201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 27Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 27With 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 | 5 | 30 | 7 | December 31, 2025 | 153% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 24 | 3 | March 31, 2021 | 216% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 12 | 23 | 3 | June 30, 2002 | 456% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 21 | 1 | March 31, 2001 | 31% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2001 | 20% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 31 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 10 | 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 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| PCB, total, scan effluent | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 2 | 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 NE0132501.
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.