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Wholestone Farms, Inc.
900 South Platte Avenue
Fremont
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NPDES/NPP
May 12, 2022
June 11, 2022

NOTICE OF PERMIT ISSUANCE

The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) proposes to reissue, with change, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/Nebraska Pretreatment Program (NPDES/NPP) permit to Wholestone Farms, Inc., 900 South Platte Avenue, Fremont, NE (NPDES/NPP #NE0001368; SIC 2011). This facility is a meat packing and swine slaughtering plant. Process wastewater discharges through Outfall 003 to the Elkhorn River, Segment EL1-10000 in the Elkhorn River Basin, via the City of Fremont publicly owned treatment works. Non-process wastewater discharges through Outfall 004 to an undesignated tributary of the Platte River, Segment LP1-20000 in the Lower Platte River Basin. The permit would be issued for a period of up to five years and would restrict pollutant discharges to comply with the requirements of Department regulations. The draft permit, fact sheet, and other public information are available for review and copying at NDEE’s Lincoln Office, 245 Fallbrook Boulevard, Lincoln, Nebraska 68521 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (CT), weekdays, excluding holidays. To request copies of the draft permit and other information, call 402-471-3557. Individuals requiring special accommodations or alternate formats of materials should notify the Department by calling 402-471-2186. TDD users should call 800-833-7352 and ask the relay operator to call the Department at 402-471-2186. Written comments, objections, and/or hearing requests concerning permit issuance may be submitted to NPDES and State Permits Section, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, PO Box 98922, Lincoln, NE 68509-8922; or emailed to ndee.npdes@nebraska.gov before the comment period ending date of June 11, 2022. A determination to hold a hearing will be based upon factual environmental or regulatory consideration.