Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0041289
PAXTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Paxton, NE: NPDES NE0041289 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
PAXTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Paxton WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0041289, which discharges to Lower South Platte. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025. 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 filed | PAXTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Paxton WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0041289 |
| 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 | September 28, 2020 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | NDEQ |
| Address | Paxton, NE 69155 |
| Receiving water | Lower South Platte |
| Subwatershed | 101900180603 (HUC 101900180603) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 28Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 105 | 12 | November 30, 2023 | 380% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 12 | 83 | 9 | November 30, 2020 | 480% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 71 | 5 | April 30, 2010 | 404% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 33 | 4 | November 30, 2019 | 121% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 85 | 3 | April 30, 2009 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Application weekly spray irrigation | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0041289.
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0041289.
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 NE0041289.
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.