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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0134236

NPPD BEATRICE POWER STATION, Beatrice, NE: NPDES NE0134236 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

NPPD BEATRICE POWER STATION, held by NPPD Beatrice Power Station, holds NPDES permit NE0134236, which discharges to Big Blue River. EPA’s file records it issued June 22, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedNPPD BEATRICE POWER STATION
Permittee as filedNPPD Beatrice Power Station
NPDES IDNE0134236
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 22, 2020
Expiration dateJune 30, 2025
AddressBeatrice, NE 68310
Receiving waterBIG BLUE RIVER
SubwatershedSnake Creek-Big Blue River (HUC 102702020404)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)ICIS-AIR source NE0000003106700053

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Chromium, total [as Cr]282March 31, 2011400% over the limit
Priority Pollutants2140
Chlorine, total residual2100
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant1470
Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit270
Solids, total suspended1260
Oil and grease, hexane extr method1260
pH460
Zinc, total [as Zn]260
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]040
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]040
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]040
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]040
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]040
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]040
Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia030
Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow]030
Copper, total [as Cu]200
Iron, total [as Fe]200
Hydrocarbons, total gas chromatograph200
Priority pollutants scan [yes/no]100

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0134236.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0134236, held by NPPD Beatrice Power Station in Beatrice, NE, which discharges to the Big Blue River within the Snake Creek-Big Blue River subwatershed (HUC 102702020404). The permit is listed as a Minor Discharger class permit that is administratively continued, with 13 pollutants under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant showing an effluent exceedance.