Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0051489
VALENTINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Valentine, NE: NPDES NE0051489 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 28Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
VALENTINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, held by VALENTINE WWTF, holds NPDES permit NE0051489, which discharges to Minnechaduza Cr. EPA’s file records it issued August 24, 2018 and expiring September 30, 2023. 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 | VALENTINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VALENTINE WWTF |
| NPDES ID | NE0051489 |
| 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 | August 24, 2018 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2023 |
| Address | Valentine, NE 69201 |
| Receiving water | MINNECHADUZA CR |
| Subwatershed | Fishberry Creek-Minnechaduza Creek (HUC 101500040608) |
| 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
- 46Pollutants on file
- 28Under a numeric limit
- 27With 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] | 12 | 16 | 16 | November 30, 2021 | 349% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 167% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 5 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 2011 | 365% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2011 | |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 5 C] | 0 | 1 | 1 | October 31, 1994 | 22% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| E. coli | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, trivalent [as Cr] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Priority pollutants scan [yes/no] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, sludge solid | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, sludge tot. dry wt [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen [as NO3] sludge solid | 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 | ||
| Nitrogen, sludge, total, dry weight [as N] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0051489.
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.