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Nucor Steel - Nebraska
2911 E. Nucor Road
Norfolk
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NPDES
November 14, 2019
December 14, 2019

NOTICE OF PERMIT ISSUANCE

The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) proposes to reissue with change the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the Nucor Steel – Nebraska, 2911 E. Nucor Rd., Norfolk, NE (NPDES# NE0111287; SIC 3312). The facility melts scrap steel using an electric arc furnace (EAF) and rolls it into a customer preferred size and shape. Domestic wastewater discharges from a mechanical treatment system through Outfall 002 to an undesignated tributary of Spring Creek, Segment EL3-10100 of the Elkhorn River Basin. Process and non-process wastewater is treated and discharged through Outfall 007 to be used for dust suppression or for silvicultrual actitivies. Process and non-process wastewater is treated and discharged through Outfall 008 to Spring Creek, Segment EL3-10100 of the Elkhorn River Basin. Spring Creek is also known as Spring Branch Creek. 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 at NDEE’s Lincoln Office (address below) between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 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, objection and/or hearing requests concerning permit issuance may be submitted to Kim Bubb, NPDES Permits and Compliance Section, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, 1200 N St., Suite 400, the Atrium, PO Box 98922, Lincoln, NE 68509-8922, before the comment period ending date of December 14, 2019. A determination to hold a hearing will be based upon factual environmental or regulatory consideration.