Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0137499
TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA, Alda, NE: NPDES NE0137499 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 24Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA, held by GRAND ISLAND TRAVEL CENTER, holds NPDES permit NE0137499, which discharges to Platte River. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2021. 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 | TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GRAND ISLAND TRAVEL CENTER |
| NPDES ID | NE0137499 |
| 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 | March 29, 2016 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2021 |
| Address | Alda, NE 68810 |
| Receiving water | PLATTE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Shoemaker Island (HUC 102001011106) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 25Pollutants on file
- 24Under a numeric limit
- 25With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 24 | 22 | August 31, 2024 | 78,868% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 20 | 20 | September 30, 2010 | 297,400% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 29 | 15 | November 30, 2020 | 1,092% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 23 | 6 | January 31, 2010 | 217% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 20 | 3 | June 30, 2018 | 88% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 1 | 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 NE0137499.
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 15, 2026.