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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0026573

ALBION WWTF, Albion, NE: NPDES NE0026573 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ALBION WWTF holds NPDES permit NE0026573, which discharges to Beaver Cr. EPA’s file records it issued March 30, 2021 and expiring March 31, 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 filedALBION WWTF
Permittee as filedALBION WWTF
NPDES IDNE0026573
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 30, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
Issuing agencyDWEE
AddressAlbion, NE 68620
Receiving waterBEAVER CR
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedO'Neil Valley-Beaver Creek (HUC 102100090404)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]124012June 30, 201697% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]5353July 31, 200819% over the limit
Solids, total suspended5320
pH4160
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3140
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]0120
Chlorine, total residual0120
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]060
E. coli, MTEC-MF220
Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]120
Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]120
Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]120
Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]120
Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]120
Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]120
Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]120
Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]120
Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]120
Solids, sludge, total, dry weight120
Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt120
Arsenic, dry weight020
Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr]020
Chromium, trivalent [as Cr]020
Nickel, total recoverable020
Zinc, total recoverable020
Cadmium, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020
Selenium, dissolved [as Se]020
Selenium, sludge solid020
Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid020
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]010
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight100
Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se]100
Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge100

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 NE0026573.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0026573.

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 NE0026573.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0026573 for ALBION WWTF in Albion, NE, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger, whose permit is administratively continued past its expiration date. The page lists 38 pollutants on file, of which 23 are under a numeric limit and 2 have an effluent exceedance, with the receiving water BEAVER CR in the O'Neil Valley-Beaver Creek subwatershed (HUC 102100090404).