Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0111287
NUCOR STEEL - NEBRASKA, Norfolk, NE: NPDES NE0111287 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 12Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NUCOR STEEL - NEBRASKA, held by Nucor Steel - Nebraska, holds NPDES permit NE0111287, which discharges to Spring Creek. EPA’s file records it issued December 30, 2019 and expiring December 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 | NUCOR STEEL - NEBRASKA |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Nucor Steel - Nebraska |
| NPDES ID | NE0111287 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 30, 2019 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2024 |
| Issuing agency | NDEQ |
| Address | Norfolk, NE 68701 |
| Receiving water | SPRING CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Spring Branch (HUC 102200020605) |
| SIC | 3312 – Blast Furnaces And Steel Mills |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NED087069050; ICIS-AIR source NE0000003116700002 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 23Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 12With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 4 | 10 | 10 | January 31, 2019 | 82% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 29 | 5 | June 30, 2011 | 203% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 11 | 3 | November 30, 2022 | 50% over the limit |
| Conductivity | 2 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 2005 | 878% over the limit |
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 3 | 3 | June 30, 2015 | 193% over the limit |
| Oil & grease [freon extr.-IR meth] tot, RC | 0 | 3 | 3 | December 31, 1997 | 150% over the limit |
| Hydrocarbons, petroleum | 4 | 4 | 2 | December 31, 2011 | 110% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 2 | January 31, 2008 | 10% over the limit |
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 2 | 2 | November 30, 1997 | 15% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 2 | 2 | June 30, 2010 | 1,252% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2010 | |
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 2 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2015 | 30% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, hexavalent dissolved [as Cr] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 4 | 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2021 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
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.