NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE NPDES INDIVIDUAL PERMIT RENEWAL
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
NPDES and State Permits Section
Lincoln, Nebraska
The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (Department) is issuing notice to provide an opportunity for any interested person to submit written comments, objections, and/or hearing requests concerning the reissuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit to the following concentrated animal feeding operation.
The Public Comment Period will run from May 30th, 2024 through June 30th, 2024.
Pat Melena
M.G. Waldbaum Company
54080 Highway 84 West 86368 540th Avenue
Bloomfield, NE 68718 Plainview, NE 68769
The Department proposes to reissue an NPDES Permit for the operation located in the E 1/2, NE 1/4, Section 07, Township 30N, Range 03W and NW 1/4, Section 06, Township 27N, Range 03W, Knox County, Nebraska to prevent discharges. The operation’s livestock waste control facilities (LWCFs) include eight two-story cage free barns, two manure storage buildings, four pullet buildings with doghouses, and twelve 1,000-gallon underground tanks. The operation has a maximum animal capacity of 4,494,336 laying hens and 576,000 pullets in confinement. The permit reissuance would be for a period of up to five (5) years and would restrict pollutant discharges to comply with the requirements of Department regulations. The application for renewal includes a detailed nutrient management plan from which permit terms have been identified. (See Fact Sheet).
The draft permit, nutrient management plan, fact sheet and other public information are available for review and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (CT), weekdays, excluding holidays at the Department's Office, 245 Fallbrook Blvd, Lincoln, Nebraska, telephone (402) 471-2186 or E-Mail: ndee.records@nebraska.gov. 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. Please include the above name and legal description of the concentrated animal feeding operation.
All comments received during the public comment period will be considered in the final decision for reissuance of the NPDES Individual Permit. A request for a public hearing must be submitted in writing, and must state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised at a hearing. A determination to hold a hearing will be based on factual environmental or regulatory considerations. All public comments and requests for hearings may be submitted in writing to: NPDES & State Permits Section, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, PO Box 98922, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922.
The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, or sex in administration of its programs or activities, and NDEE does not intimidate or retaliate against any individual or group because they have exercised their rights to participate in or oppose action protected/prohibited by 40 C.F.R. Parts 5 and 7, or for the purpose of interfering with such rights.