Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0034304
CRETE WWTF, Crete, NE: NPDES NE0034304 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 13Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 11Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
CRETE WWTF, held by Crete WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0034304, which discharges to Big Blue River. EPA’s file records it issued March 28, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024.
CRETE WWTF, Crete, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0034304, held by Crete WWTF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 28, 2019, term to March 31, 2024; discharges to BIG BLUE RIVER.
- Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 153 violations of any kind, 101 effluent exceedances, latest April 30, 2022, largest 2,956% over the limit.
- Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 83 violations of any kind, 26 effluent exceedances, latest August 31, 2014, largest 472% over the limit.
- Coliform, fecal general: 0 limits, 18 violations of any kind, 18 effluent exceedances, latest June 30, 1998, largest 21,900% over the limit.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 5 limits, 59 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest February 28, 2017, largest 416% over the limit.
- BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 5 C]: 0 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 5 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 1997, largest 325% over the limit.
- Copper, total recoverable: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 4 effluent exceedances, latest September 30, 1998, largest 69% over the limit.
- Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 6 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2014, largest 169% over the limit.
- Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 6 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 3 effluent exceedances, latest March 31, 2016, largest 300% over the limit.
- pH: 3 limits, 35 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest February 29, 2008.
- E. coli: 0 limits, 5 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 2013, largest 138% over the limit.
- E. coli, MTEC-MF: 2 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2014, largest 16,679% over the limit.
- Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Copper, dissolved [as Cu]: 0 limits, 13 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Atrazine: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Selenium, sludge solid: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd]: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Solids, sludge, total, dry weight: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt: 0 limits, 3 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Lead, dissolved [as Pb]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Selenium, dissolved [as Se]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Mercury, total recoverable: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Solids, total dissolved: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
- June 5, 2024: Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment (ST6).
Nebraska holds 254 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 168 were issued before NE0034304.
Coverages issued nearest NE0034304
- February 1, 2019: VILLAGE OF PENDER, Pender, NE0040908, held by Village of Pender
- March 20, 2019: HALLAM WWTF, Hallam, NE0028282, held by Hallam WWTF
- March 20, 2019: HARTINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Hartington, NE0049115, held by Hartington WWTF
- March 20, 2019: BEAVER LAKE ASSOCIATION WWTF, Plattsmouth, NE0050890, held by Beaver Lake Association WWTF
- March 20, 2019: TALMAGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Talmage, NE0112526, held by Talmage WWTF
- April 1, 2019: CLARKSON WWTF, Clarkson, NE0021164, held by Clarkson WWTF
- June 24, 2019: SEWARD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Seward, NE0023876, held by Seward WWTF
- June 24, 2019: BANCROFT WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Bancroft, NE0028088, held by Bancroft WWTF
- June 27, 2019: GRAFTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Grafton, NE0045217, held by Grafton WWTF
- July 1, 2019: BEEMER WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Beemer, NE0046086, held by Beemer WWTF
CRETE WWTF among its neighbors
EPA’s permit file holds 3 discharge permits in the Walnut Creek-Big Blue River subwatershed (HUC 102702020202), NE0034304 among them. Its county holds 12, 3 of them major permits; NE0034304 is a major permit.
Other permits in the Walnut Creek-Big Blue River subwatershed (HUC 102702020202)
- AMERICOLD LOGISTICS INC., South Sioux City: NE0134104, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2013
- CRETE MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT, Crete: NE0111384, minor permit, discharging to BIG BLUE RIVER, permit term to September 30, 2024
Identity
| Facility as filed | CRETE WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Crete WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0034304 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 28, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Address | Crete, NE 68333 |
| Receiving water | BIG BLUE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Walnut Creek-Big Blue River (HUC 102702020202) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 44Pollutants on file
- 13Under a numeric limit
- 40With a violation of any kind
- 11With 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 | 153 | 101 | April 30, 2022 | 2,956% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 83 | 26 | August 31, 2014 | 472% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 18 | 18 | June 30, 1998 | 21,900% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 59 | 5 | February 28, 2017 | 416% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 5 C] | 0 | 10 | 5 | December 31, 1997 | 325% over the limit |
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 4 | September 30, 1998 | 69% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 6 | 6 | 3 | March 31, 2014 | 169% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 6 | 6 | 3 | March 31, 2016 | 300% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 35 | 2 | February 29, 2008 | |
| E. coli | 0 | 5 | 1 | May 31, 2013 | 138% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 1 | 1 | August 31, 2014 | 16,679% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Atrazine | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dissolved [as Se] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| June 5, 2024 | Dry-weather SSO discharge to waters of the U.S. that may endanger health or the environment | ST6 |
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0034304.
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 NE0034304.
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