Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0137847
SANDHILLS RENEWABLE ENERGY, LLC, Atkinson, NE: NPDES NE0137847 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 27Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SANDHILLS RENEWABLE ENERGY, LLC, held by GREEN PLAINS ATKINSON, LLC, holds NPDES permit NE0137847, which discharges to Elkhorn River. EPA’s file records it issued June 26, 2012 and expiring June 30, 2017. 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 | SANDHILLS RENEWABLE ENERGY, LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | GREEN PLAINS ATKINSON, LLC |
| NPDES ID | NE0137847 |
| 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 26, 2012 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2017 |
| Issuing agency | NDEQ |
| Address | Atkinson, NE 68713 |
| Receiving water | ELKHORN RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Welsh Lake-Elkhorn River (HUC 102200010405) |
| SIC | 2869 – Industrial Organic Chemicals |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NER000511105; ICIS-AIR source NE0000003108900044 |
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
- 27Pollutants on file
- 27Under a numeric limit
- 26With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine, total residual | 10 | 89 | 77 | March 31, 2021 | 3,600% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 16 | 4 | February 28, 2010 | |
| Chloride [as Cl] | 17 | 32 | 2 | October 31, 2025 | 41% over the limit |
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 8 | 2 | March 31, 2011 | 97% over the limit |
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 10 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, dissolved [as Mn] | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, dissolved [as Ni] | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, dissolved [as Zn] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow, maximum flow range | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, total gas chromatograph | 2 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0137847.
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.