Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0132055

ORTHMAN MANUFACTURING INC - SOUTH PLANT, Lexington, NE: NPDES NE0132055 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

ORTHMAN MANUFACTURING INC - SOUTH PLANT, held by ORTHMAN MFG INC - SOUTH PLANT, holds NPDES permit NE0132055, which discharges to Platte River. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2006 and expiring September 30, 2011. 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	ORTHMAN MANUFACTURING INC - SOUTH PLANT
Permittee as filed	ORTHMAN MFG INC - SOUTH PLANT
NPDES ID	NE0132055
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
Program	Industrial pretreatment
Issued	October 1, 2006
Expiration date	September 30, 2011
Address	Lexington, NE 68850
Receiving water	PLATTE RIVER
Subwatershed	Lower Spring Creek (HUC 102001010704)
SIC	3523 – Farm Machinery And Equipment
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	RCRA handler NER000500397; ICIS-AIR source NE0000003104700112

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

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
11With 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
pH	2	34	25	March 31, 2006
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	21	13	March 31, 2013	1,001% over the limit
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	14	3	March 31, 2013	88% over the limit
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	13	2	December 31, 2002	130% over the limit
Organics, total toxic [TTO]	2	19	1	December 31, 2002	53% over the limit
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	11	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	10	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	10	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	9	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	8	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	8	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 NE0132055.

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.

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0132055 held by Orthman Manufacturing Inc - South Plant in Lexington, NE, which discharges to the Platte River within the Lower Spring Creek watershed (HUC 102001010704). The page lists the permit as administratively continued with a Minor Discharger class, 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.