Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0111708

BROKEN BOW MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT, Broken Bow, NE: NPDES NE0111708 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
4Pollutants under a numeric limit
3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

BROKEN BOW MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT, held by BROKEN BOW MUNI LIGHT PLANT, holds NPDES permit NE0111708, which discharges to Mud Creek. EPA’s file records it issued June 13, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021.

BROKEN BOW MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT, Broken Bow, Nebraska: Individual permit NE0111708, held by BROKEN BOW MUNI LIGHT PLANT; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued June 13, 2016, term to June 30, 2021; discharges to MUD CREEK.

pH: 4 limits, 77 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest May 31, 1997.
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit: 4 limits, 67 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 2012, largest 1% over the limit.
Oil & Grease: 0 limits, 27 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest September 30, 1997, largest 7% over the limit.
Hydrocarbons, petroleum: 0 limits, 78 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 4 limits, 70 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 8 limits, 20 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

BROKEN BOW MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 6 discharge permits in the North Branch Mud Creek-Mud Creek subwatershed (HUC 102100050103), NE0111708 among them. Its county holds 17, 1 of them major permits; NE0111708 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the North Branch Mud Creek-Mud Creek subwatershed (HUC 102100050103)

ADAMS LAND & CATTLE , LLC SOUTH LOT, Broken Bow: NEG020050, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2030
ADAMS LAND & CATTLE, LLC (EAST LOT), Broken Bow: NEG023105, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2028
BROKEN BOW WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY, Broken Bow: NE0027260, major permit, discharging to MUDDY CREEK, permit term to March 31, 2026
BROKEN BOW WWTF, Broken Bow: NEL027260, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
SARGENT PIPE COMPANY INC, Broken Bow: NE0049298, minor permit, discharging to MUD CREEK, permit term to September 30, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	BROKEN BOW MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
Permittee as filed	BROKEN BOW MUNI LIGHT PLANT
NPDES ID	NE0111708
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	June 13, 2016
Expiration date	June 30, 2021
Address	Broken Bow, NE 68822
Receiving water	MUD CREEK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	North Branch Mud Creek-Mud Creek (HUC 102100050103)
SIC	4911 – Electric Services
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source NE0000003104100003

Effluent limits and exceedances

6Pollutants on file
4Under a numeric limit
6With 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	77	1	May 31, 1997
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit	4	67	1	September 30, 2012	1% over the limit
Oil & Grease	0	27	1	September 30, 1997	7% over the limit
Hydrocarbons, petroleum	0	78	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	4	70	0
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	8	20	0

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0111708.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES NE0111708.

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 NE0111708.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0111708 held by BROKEN BOW MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT in Broken Bow, NE, which discharges to Mud Creek and is administratively continued as a minor discharger. The page lists 3 pollutants under a numeric limit and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, within the North Branch Mud Creek-Mud Creek watershed (HUC 102100050103).