Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0138479
COLORADO BIOLABS MANUFACTURING, Cozad, NE: NPDES NE0138479 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLORADO BIOLABS MANUFACTURING, held by COLORADO BIOLABS MFG, holds NPDES permit NE0138479, which discharges to Cities Of Cozad Potw & Grand Island Potw. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. 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 | COLORADO BIOLABS MANUFACTURING |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | COLORADO BIOLABS MFG |
| NPDES ID | NE0138479 |
| 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 17, 2021 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2026 |
| Address | Cozad, NE 69130 |
| Receiving water | Cities of Cozad POTW & Grand Island POTW |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 14Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 10 | 4 | August 31, 2012 | 1,094% over the limit |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 2 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Amyl acetate, total | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Isopropyl acetate, total effluent | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Methylene chloride | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Acetone | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ethyl acetate | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Biochemical oxygen demand-5 | 0 | 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 NE0138479.
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.