Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NE0139670
COLUMBUS HYDRAULICS COMPANY LLC, Columbus, NE: NPDES NE0139670 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
COLUMBUS HYDRAULICS COMPANY LLC, held by Columbus Hydraulics Company, LLC, holds NPDES permit NE0139670. EPA’s file records it issued March 23, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. 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 | COLUMBUS HYDRAULICS COMPANY LLC |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Columbus Hydraulics Company, LLC |
| NPDES ID | NE0139670 |
| 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 23, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2025 |
| Issuing agency | NDEE |
| Address | Columbus, NE 68601 |
| NAICS | 333995 – Fluid Power Cylinder and Actuator Manufacturing |
| SIC | 3593 – Fluid Power Cylinders & Actuators |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | RCRA handler NER000514398; ICIS-AIR source NE0000003114100118 |
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
- 11Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 5With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 6 | 6 | 6 | June 30, 2026 | 737% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 2 | 2 | May 31, 2025 | |
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 6 | 2 | 2 | March 31, 2026 | 102% over the limit |
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 6 | 2 | 2 | September 30, 2025 | 179% over the limit |
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 6 | 1 | 1 | March 31, 2022 | 37% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Organics, total toxic [TTO] | 6 | 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 NE0139670.
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.