Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0021741
PLAINVIEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Plainview, NE: NPDES NE0021741 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PLAINVIEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by PLAINVIEW WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0021741, which discharges to Dry Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 18, 2014 and expiring March 31, 2019. 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 | PLAINVIEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PLAINVIEW WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0021741 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 18, 2014 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2019 |
| Address | Plainview, NE 68769 |
| Receiving water | DRY CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Upper Dry Creek (HUC 102200020202) |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source NE0000003113900012 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 22Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 11With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 183 | 157 | February 29, 2020 | 805% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 74 | 38 | December 31, 2005 | 165% over the limit |
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 27 | 18 | September 30, 2007 | 75% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 61 | 14 | June 30, 2007 | 66% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 34 | 9 | July 31, 2006 | |
| E. coli | 0 | 1 | 1 | May 31, 2009 | 58% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 1, 2022 | Failure to submit required report within 30 days of applicable due date (Level I) | ST6 |
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.