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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NEG021104

HRUSKA MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER (USDA), Clay Center, NE: NPDES NEG021104 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

HRUSKA MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER (USDA), held by US Meat Animal Research Center, holds NPDES permit NEG021104. EPA’s file records it issued April 20, 2021 and expiring March 31, 2026. 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.

What the register holds for HRUSKA MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER (USDA): its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Clay Center, Nebraska. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES NEG021104.

Identity

Facility as filedHRUSKA MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER (USDA)
Permittee as filedUS Meat Animal Research Center
NPDES IDNEG021104
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeFederal facility
ProgramConcentrated animal feeding operations
IssuedApril 20, 2021
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2026
Issuing agencyNDEE
AddressClay Center, NE 68933
SubwatershedHeadwaters Big Sandy Creek (HUC 102702060604)
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler NE2120519606; ICIS-AIR source NE0000003103502010

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download); cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES NEG021104.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NEG021104.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

The HRUSKA MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER (USDA) permit is one of 5 CAFO permits on EPA's NPDES register in Clay County, Nebraska, and 0.0% of those 5 CAFO permits in the county have a violation on file. Among the 8 NPDES permits in the Headwaters Big Sandy Creek subwatershed, this one is listed with 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. Of all 5 CAFO permits in Clay County, including this one, 0.0% carry an earlier issue date than this permit.