Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0060062

GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE & TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Lincoln, NE: NPDES NE0060062 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
2Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE & TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC., held by General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems, Inc., holds NPDES permit NE0060062, which discharges to Salt Creek. EPA’s file records it issued March 9, 2018 and expiring March 31, 2023.

GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE & TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Lincoln, Nebraska: Individual industrial user permit NE0060062, held by General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems, Inc.; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 9, 2018, term to March 31, 2023; discharges to SALT CREEK.

pH: 4 limits, 73 violations of any kind, 57 effluent exceedances, latest December 31, 2023.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 9 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest December 31, 2001, largest 142% over the limit.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 0 limits, 1 violation of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest June 30, 2000, largest 1% over the limit.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 6 limits, 28 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 8 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 2 limits, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Organics, total toxic [TTO]: 2 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 0 limits, 4 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

February 24, 2026: Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter (State).
February 12, 2026: Evaluation (S).
February 12, 2026: Evaluation (S).

GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE & TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. among its neighbors

Its county holds 51, 1 of them major permits; NE0060062 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the county

ADM PROCESSING, Lincoln: NE0035157, minor permit, discharging to SALT CREEK, permit term to March 31, 2019
BENNET WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Bennet: NE0040916, minor permit, discharging to LT NEMAHA RIVER, permit term to December 31, 2025
BISON, INC., Lincoln: NE0128082, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2018
CARDWELL RESERVE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Lincoln: NE0137596, minor permit, permit term to September 30, 2021
CARDWELL WOODS HOMEOWNERS ASSN, Lincoln: NE0133841, minor permit, discharging to CARDWELL BRANCH, permit term to September 30, 2021
CITY OF LINCOLN MS4, Lincoln: NE0133671, not classed
COMMERCIAL PLASTICS NEBRASKA LLC, Waverly: NE0114014, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED TRIB, permit term to March 31, 2013
CONAGRA FOODS PACKAGED FOODS LINCOLN PLANT, Lincoln: NE0001309, minor permit, discharging to SALT CREEK, permit term to September 30, 2025
DAKOTA SPRINGS WWTF, Roca: NE0137821, minor permit, discharging to UNDESIG. TRIB OF SALT CREEK, permit term to December 31, 2022
DAVEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Davey: NE0024295, minor permit, discharging to ASH HOLLOW CREEK, permit term to September 30, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE & TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Permittee as filed	General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems, Inc.
NPDES ID	NE0060062
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual industrial user permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 9, 2018
Expiration date	March 31, 2023
Address	Lincoln, NE 68504
Receiving water	SALT CREEK
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler NED043534635; ICIS-AIR source NELLC0003110900041

Effluent limits and exceedances

13Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
13With a violation of any kind
3With 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
pH	4	73	57	December 31, 2023
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	9	1	December 31, 2001	142% over the limit
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	0	1	1	June 30, 2000	1% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	6	28	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	8	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	8	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	8	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	8	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	6	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	6	0
Organics, total toxic [TTO]	2	4	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	0	4	0
Cyanide, free [amenable to chlorination]	0	2	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0060062.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 12, 2026	Evaluation	S
February 12, 2026	Evaluation	S

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

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
February 24, 2026	Letter of Violation/ Warning Letter	State

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0060062, held by General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems, Inc. in Lincoln, NE, which discharges to Salt Creek. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 10 as the discharger class, 3 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.