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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0000736

ORD MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT, Ord, NE: NPDES NE0000736 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ORD MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT holds NPDES permit NE0000736, which discharges to North Loup River. EPA’s file records it issued June 25, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedORD MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
Permittee as filedORD MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
NPDES IDNE0000736
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 25, 2021
Expiration dateJune 30, 2026
AddressOrd, NE 68862
Receiving waterNORTH LOUP RIVER
SubwatershedCity of St Edward-Beaver Creek (HUC 102100090406)
SIC4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source NE0000003117500014

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit294June 30, 19968% over the limit
Oil petroleum, total recoverable021March 31, 1997220% over the limit
Hydrocarbons, petroleum0140
pH280
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant260
Hydrocarbons, total gas chromatograph220
Duration of discharge110

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0000736.

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 October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit NE0000736 held by ORD MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT in Ord, NE, which discharges to the North Loup River, with the permit status shown as administratively continued and a minor discharger class. The page lists 5 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit issued June 25, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.