Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0138282
EMPIRICAL FOODS, South Sioux City, NE: NPDES NE0138282 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
EMPIRICAL FOODS, held by Empirical Foods, holds NPDES permit NE0138282, which discharges to City Of South Sioux City Storm Water Detent. Pond. EPA’s file records it issued December 17, 2014 and expiring December 31, 2019. 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 | EMPIRICAL FOODS |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Empirical Foods |
| NPDES ID | NE0138282 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual industrial user permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 17, 2014 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2019 |
| Issuing agency | NDEQ |
| Address | South Sioux City, NE 68776 |
| Receiving water | City of South Sioux City Storm Water Detent. Pond |
| SIC | 2013 – Sausages And Other Prepared Meats |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NER000008290; ICIS-AIR source NE0000003104300072 |
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
- 12Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 12With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 4 | 70 | 28 | September 30, 2011 | 2,110% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 2 | 24 | 22 | December 31, 2025 | 75% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 8 | 8 | July 31, 2026 | 52% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 5 | 5 | December 31, 2025 | 36% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 45 | 3 | August 31, 2025 | 17% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 34 | 2 | May 31, 2024 | |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 2 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Hydrocarbons, petroleum | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Dieldrin | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| PCB-1262 | 2 | 6 | 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 NE0138282.
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.