Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0139009

MRK INC TRUCK WASH, Lexington, NE: NPDES NE0139009 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

MRK INC TRUCK WASH, held by MRK, INC. - TRUCK WASH FACILITY, holds NPDES permit NE0139009. EPA’s file records it issued March 28, 2014 and expiring March 31, 2019. 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 filed	MRK INC TRUCK WASH
Permittee as filed	MRK, INC. - TRUCK WASH FACILITY
NPDES ID	NE0139009
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	March 28, 2014
Expiration date	March 31, 2019
Issuing agency	NDEQ
Address	Lexington, NE 68850

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
10Under 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
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	5	229	157	March 31, 2026	5,751% over the limit
Solids, total suspended	4	212	148	June 30, 2025	4,750% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	4	173	109	March 31, 2020	373% over the limit
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	91	57	September 30, 2024	1,229% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]	0	9	9	January 31, 2026	19% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	3	40	0
Oil and grease, hexane extr method	2	35	0
pH	2	32	0
Solids, dry, discharge to sol. handling sys.	1	8	0
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]	1	8	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	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 NE0139009.

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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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0139009 held by MRK INC TRUCK WASH in Lexington, NE, an administratively continued Minor Discharger permit issued by NDEQ. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 10 under a numeric limit, and 5 with an effluent exceedance.