Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0049115
HARTINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Hartington, NE: NPDES NE0049115 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
- 0Inspections on file
- 0Formal enforcement actions
HARTINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by Hartington WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0049115, which discharges to Norwegian Bow Cr. EPA’s file records it issued March 20, 2019 and expiring March 31, 2024. 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 | HARTINGTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Hartington WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0049115 |
| 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, 2019 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2024 |
| Address | Hartington, NE 68739 |
| Receiving water | NORWEGIAN BOW CR |
| Subwatershed | Norwegian Bow Creek (HUC 101701011102) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 35Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 19With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 16 | 80 | 32 | April 30, 2025 | 602% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 34 | 10 | February 28, 2007 | 160% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 7 | 7 | August 31, 2023 | 789% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 28 | 6 | November 30, 2011 | 371% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2012 | 305% over the limit |
| pH | 8 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Depth to water level ft below landsurface | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrate nitrogen, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic total, dry weight, sludge | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, sludge, total, dry weight [as Mo] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, sludge, total, dry weight [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, sludge, total, dry weight [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, sludge, total, dry weight [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, sludge, total, dry weight [as Hg] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, sludge, total, dry weight [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia, sludge, tot dry wgt | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRs | ST6 |
Inspections
EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0049115.
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 NE0049115.
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.