Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0046256
PANAMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Panama, NE: NPDES NE0046256 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
PANAMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by PANAMA WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0046256, which discharges to N Fk Big Nemaha. EPA’s file records it issued March 29, 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 filed | PANAMA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PANAMA WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0046256 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | March 29, 2021 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2026 |
| Address | Panama, NE 68419 |
| Receiving water | N FK BIG NEMAHA |
| Subwatershed | Headwaters North Fork Big Nemaha River (HUC 102400080104) |
| 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
- 22Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 22With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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] | 24 | 410 | 43 | March 31, 2023 | 2,685% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 357 | 38 | November 30, 2024 | 163% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 284 | 32 | March 31, 2026 | 125% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 28 | 8 | June 30, 2021 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 234 | 6 | October 31, 2014 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 81 | 3 | March 31, 2008 | 16% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 61 | 3 | July 31, 2015 | 10,438% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 227 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 91 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 12 | 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 NE0046256.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
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.