Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0023981

BEAVER CROSSING WASTEWATER, Beaver Crossing, NE: NPDES NE0023981 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
14Pollutants under a numeric limit
2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BEAVER CROSSING WASTEWATER, held by BEAVER CROSSING WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0023981, which discharges to West Fork Big Blue River. EPA’s file records it issued June 17, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2026.

BEAVER CROSSING WASTEWATER, Beaver Crossing, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0023981, held by BEAVER CROSSING WWTF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 17, 2021, term to June 30, 2026; discharges to West Fork Big Blue River.

Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 14 limits, 500 violations of any kind, 10 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2022, largest 759% over the limit.
pH: 5 limits, 284 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 1999.
Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 477 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 0 limits, 350 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 5 limits, 283 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 168 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 127 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Duration of discharge: 1 limit, 114 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 84 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Selenium, total [as Se]: 0 limits, 54 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]: 2 limits, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chloride [as Cl]: 2 limits, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total dissolved: 2 limits, 34 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli, MTEC-MF: 2 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 4 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 0 limits, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Nebraska holds 254 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 230 were issued before NE0023981.

Coverages issued nearest NE0023981

March 30, 2021: FALLS CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Falls City, NE0021148, held by FALLS CITY WWTF
March 30, 2021: DEWITT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, De Witt, NE0024341, held by DEWITT WWTF
March 30, 2021: ALBION WWTF, Albion, NE0026573
March 30, 2021: WACO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Waco, NE0045004, held by WACO WWTF
May 28, 2021: SYRACUSE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Syracuse, NE0040282, held by SYRACUSE WWTF
June 17, 2021: ARCADIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Arcadia, NE0041297, held by ARCADIA WWTF
June 17, 2021: LEXINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Lexington, NE0042668, held by LEXINGTON WWTF
June 17, 2021: WILBER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Wilber, NE0045373, held by WILBER WWTF
June 17, 2021: SPENCER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Spencer, NE0049042, held by SPENCER WWTF
June 25, 2021: RIVERSIDE LAKE SID WWTF, Waterloo, NE0112283, held by SID 177 DOUGLAS RIVERSIDE LAKE

BEAVER CROSSING WASTEWATER among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 2 discharge permits in the Smith Creek-West Fork Big Blue River subwatershed (HUC 102702030604), NE0023981 among them. Its county holds 18, 1 of them major permits; NE0023981 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Smith Creek-West Fork Big Blue River subwatershed (HUC 102702030604)

OTTO WEIMER FAMILY TRUST, Utica: NEG023046, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2028

Identity

Facility as filed	BEAVER CROSSING WASTEWATER
Permittee as filed	BEAVER CROSSING WWTF
NPDES ID	NE0023981
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	June 17, 2021
Expiration date	June 30, 2026
Address	Beaver Crossing, NE 68313
Receiving water	West Fork Big Blue River
Subwatershed	Smith Creek-West Fork Big Blue River (HUC 102702030604)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

26Pollutants on file
14Under a numeric limit
26With a violation of any kind
2With 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]	14	500	10	April 30, 2022	759% over the limit
pH	5	284	1	June 30, 1999
Solids, total suspended	5	477	0
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	350	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	5	283	0
Coliform, fecal general	0	168	0
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	127	0
Duration of discharge	1	114	0
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	0	84	0
Selenium, total [as Se]	0	54	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	2	34	0
Chloride [as Cl]	2	34	0
Solids, total dissolved	2	34	0
E. coli, MTEC-MF	2	30	0
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]	0	13	0
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]	0	13	0
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]	0	13	0
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]	0	13	0
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]	0	13	0
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]	0	13	0
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	4	12	0
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	7	0
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	0	7	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	6	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	6	0
Flow, total	1	3	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0023981.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0023981.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NE0023981.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0023981, held by BEAVER CROSSING WASTEWATER in Beaver Crossing, NE, which discharges to the West Fork Big Blue River within the Smith Creek-West Fork Big Blue River subwatershed (HUC 102702030604). The permit is listed as administratively continued, classed as a Minor Discharger, with 14 pollutants under a numeric limit and 2 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.