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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0046299

RISING CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Rising City, NE: NPDES NE0046299 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

RISING CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Rising City WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0046299, which discharges to N Br Big Blue R. EPA’s file records it issued December 19, 2019 and expiring December 31, 2024.

RISING CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Rising City, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0046299, held by Rising City WWTF; Publicly owned treatment works; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued December 19, 2019, term to December 31, 2024; discharges to N BR BIG BLUE R.

  • BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C: 5 limits, 32 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 1998, largest 109% over the limit.
  • Solids, total suspended: 5 limits, 30 violations of any kind, 12 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 1998, largest 110% over the limit.
  • pH: 3 limits, 15 violations of any kind, 2 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 1995.
  • Chloride [as Cl]: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2006, largest 23% over the limit.
  • Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]: 12 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 3 limits, 11 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Duration of discharge: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow, total: 1 limit, 3 violations 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.
  • E. coli, MTEC-MF: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

Nebraska holds 254 Publicly owned treatment works coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 186 were issued before NE0046299.

Coverages issued nearest NE0046299

RISING CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 1 discharge permits in the Upper North Branch Big Blue River subwatershed (HUC 102702010403), NE0046299 among them. Its county holds 12, 0 of them major permits; NE0046299 is a minor permit.

Identity

Facility as filedRISING CITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY
Permittee as filedRising City WWTF
NPDES IDNE0046299
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
IssuedDecember 19, 2019
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2024
AddressRising City, NE 68658
Receiving waterN BR BIG BLUE R
SubwatershedUpper North Branch Big Blue River (HUC 102702010403)

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
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C53212December 31, 1998109% over the limit
Solids, total suspended53012December 31, 1998110% over the limit
pH3152December 31, 1995
Chloride [as Cl]011June 30, 200623% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]12120
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant3110
Duration of discharge160
Flow, total130
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit200
Nitrogen, total [as N]200
Phosphorus, total [as P]200
E. coli, MTEC-MF200

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0046299.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0046299.

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 NE0046299.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit NE0046299 for the Rising City Wastewater Treatment Facility in Rising City, NE, a publicly owned treatment works classed as a minor discharger, with its status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 11 pollutants under a numeric limit and 4 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, out of 12 pollutants in total.