Nebraska Administrative Code
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy

Title 119 - Rules And Regulations Pertaining To The Issuance Of Permits Under The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Chapter 5 - Effluent Guidelines and Standards
Effective Date of Last Revision: September 20, 2023

001 Regulations promulgated in this chapter prescribe effluent limitations guidelines for existing sources, standards of performance for new sources and pretreatment standards for new and existing sources. Point sources of discharges of pollutants are required to comply with these regulations, where applicable, and permits issued by the department will be conditioned upon compliance with the applicable effluent guidelines and standards.
002 Test procedures for analysis of pollutants. The conditions and requirements of 40 CFR part 136 pertaining to the Guidelines Establishing Test Procedures for the Analysis of Pollutants are hereby adopted and incorporated by this reference.
003 Criteria and standards for determining fundamentally different factors. The conditions and requirements of 40 CFR part 125, Subpart D pertaining to Criteria and Standards for Determining Fundamentally Different Factors is adopted and incorporated by this reference.
004 Thermal discharges and cooling water intake structures. All of 40 CFR part 125, Subparts H and I pertaining to criteria for determining alternative effluent limitations and requirements applicable to cooling water intake structures are adopted and incorporated by this reference.

005 Toxic pollutant effluent standards. All of 40 CFR part 129 pertaining to Toxic Pollutant Effluent Standards are adopted and incorporated by this reference.
006 pH effluent limitations under continuous monitoring under 40 CFR part 401.17 are adopted and incorporated by this reference.
007 The Effluent Guidelines at 40 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter N are adopted by reference in Chapter 1 of this Title.


Enabling Legislation: Neb. Rev. Stat. ยง81-1505(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (11), and (20)