Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0043290

MINATARE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Minatare, NE: NPDES NE0043290 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
17Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

MINATARE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by MINATARE WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0043290, which discharges to North Platte R. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023.

MINATARE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Minatare, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0043290, held by MINATARE WWTF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 20, 2018, term to March 31, 2023; discharges to NORTH PLATTE R.

Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 38 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
pH: 3 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrogen, total [as N]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Phosphorus, total [as P]: 2 limits, 10 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]: 0 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Duration of discharge: 1 limit, 5 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
E. coli, MTEC-MF: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, total: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

August 25, 2025: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
May 13, 2025: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).
July 2, 2024: Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance (ST6).

Nebraska holds 254 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 132 were issued before NE0043290.

Coverages issued nearest NE0043290

December 29, 2017: OSCEOLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Osceola, NE0046230, held by OSCEOLA WWTF
December 29, 2017: AMHERST WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Amherst, NE0112992, held by AMHERST WWTF
December 29, 2017: DAKOTA SPRINGS WWTF, Roca, NE0137821
January 1, 2018: UTICA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Utica, NE0045365, held by UTICA WWTF
March 20, 2018: MEADOW GROVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Meadow Grove, NE0030741, held by MEADOW GROVE WWTF
March 20, 2018: NEWCASTLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Newcastle, NE0049077, held by NEWCASTLE WWTF
March 21, 2018: AURORA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Aurora, NE0031810, held by AURORA WWTF
March 23, 2018: SIDNEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Sidney, NE0023884, held by SIDNEY WWTF
March 26, 2018: RANDOLPH WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Randolph, NE0029149, held by RANDOLPH WWTF
March 26, 2018: ALLEN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Allen, NE0031241, held by ALLEN WWTF

MINATARE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 5 discharge permits in the Fairfield Seep-North Platte River subwatershed (HUC 101800090810), NE0043290 among them. Its county holds 21, 2 of them major permits; NE0043290 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Fairfield Seep-North Platte River subwatershed (HUC 101800090810)

GERING WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Gering: NE0027936, major permit, discharging to NORTH PLATTE R, permit term to December 31, 2022
HIGH PLAINS FEED YARD, INC., Mitchell: NEG020033, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025
SCOTTSBLUFF WWTF, Scottsbluff: NEL036315, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
SILVER SPUR FEEDERS, LLC, Minatare: NEG020034, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	MINATARE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filed	MINATARE WWTF
NPDES ID	NE0043290
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 20, 2018
Expiration date	March 31, 2023
Address	Minatare, NE 69356
Receiving water	NORTH PLATTE R
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Fairfield Seep-North Platte River (HUC 101800090810)
SIC	4952 – Sewerage Systems

Effluent limits and exceedances

20Pollutants on file
17Under a numeric limit
18With a violation of any kind
0With 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
Solids, total suspended	5	38
pH	3	32
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	5	30
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	3	28
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	12	20
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	2	10
Nitrogen, total [as N]	2	10
Phosphorus, total [as P]	2	10
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	8
Duration of discharge	1	5
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]	2	2
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]	2	2
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]	2	2
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]	2	2
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]	2	2
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]	2	2
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia	0	1
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]	0	1
E. coli, MTEC-MF	2	0
Flow, total	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NE0043290.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

3Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
August 25, 2025	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
May 13, 2025	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6
July 2, 2024	Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0043290.

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 NE0043290.

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This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0043290 for the Minatare Wastewater Treatment Facility in Minatare, NE, which is administratively continued and classed as a minor discharger, with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued March 20, 2018 and expired March 31, 2023, and the receiving water is the North Platte R within the Fairfield Seep-North Platte River subwatershed (HUC 101800090810).