Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0139220

UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO, INC, Lexington, NE: NPDES NE0139220 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
11Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
1Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO, INC, held by Unverferth Manufacturing Co, Inc South, holds NPDES permit NE0139220, which discharges to Middle Platte River Basin Via Spring Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 28, 2020 and expiring September 30, 2025.

UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO, INC, Lexington, Nebraska: Individual industrial user permit NE0139220, held by Unverferth Manufacturing Co, Inc South; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued September 28, 2020, term to September 30, 2025, by NDEE; discharges to Middle Platte River Basin via Spring Creek.

pH: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cyanide, total [as CN]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Cadmium, total [as Cd]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Chromium, total [as Cr]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Copper, total [as Cu]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Lead, total [as Pb]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nickel, total [as Ni]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Silver, total [as Ag]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Zinc, total [as Zn]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Organics, total toxic [TTO]: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

March 2, 2026: Evaluation (S).

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LEXINGTON WWTF, Lexington: NEL042668, minor permit, permit term to December 31, 2025
M & M FEEDERS, Lexington: NEG020030, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025
MRK INC TRUCK WASH, Lexington: NE0139009, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2019
ORTHMAN MANUFACTURING INC - SOUTH PLANT, Lexington: NE0132055, minor permit, discharging to PLATTE RIVER, permit term to September 30, 2011
ROBERTS CATTLE COMPANY, Lexington: NEG020083, minor permit, permit term to March 31, 2025

Identity

Facility as filed	UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO, INC
Permittee as filed	Unverferth Manufacturing Co, Inc South
NPDES ID	NE0139220
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	September 28, 2020
Expiration date	September 30, 2025
Issuing agency	NDEE
Address	Lexington, NE 68850
Receiving water	Middle Platte River Basin via Spring Creek
Other EPA IDs (FRS)	ICIS-AIR source NE0000003104700148

Effluent limits and exceedances

11Pollutants on file
11Under a numeric limit
0With a violation of any kind
0With 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	0	0
Cyanide, total [as CN]	2	0	0
Cadmium, total [as Cd]	2	0	0
Chromium, total [as Cr]	2	0	0
Copper, total [as Cu]	2	0	0
Lead, total [as Pb]	2	0	0
Nickel, total [as Ni]	2	0	0
Silver, total [as Ag]	2	0	0
Zinc, total [as Zn]	2	0	0
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	0	0
Organics, total toxic [TTO]	2	0	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES NE0139220.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NE0139220.

Inspections

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
March 2, 2026	Evaluation	S

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES NE0139220.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES NE0139220 for UNVERFERTH MANUFACTURING CO, INC in Lexington, NE, which discharges via Spring Creek to the Middle Platte River Basin. The register lists a minor discharger class and 11 pollutants under a numeric limit, with 0 pollutants showing an effluent exceedance. The permit is administratively continued, with EPA's file recording issuance on September 28, 2020 and expiration on September 30, 2025.