Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0000248
SIDNEY SUGARS INCORPORATED, Sidney, MT: NPDES MT0000248 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SIDNEY SUGARS INCORPORATED, held by SIDNEY SUGARS INC, holds NPDES permit MT0000248, which discharges to Yellowstone River. EPA’s file records it issued October 30, 2009 and expiring November 30, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | SIDNEY SUGARS INCORPORATED |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | SIDNEY SUGARS INC |
| NPDES ID | MT0000248 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | October 30, 2009 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2014 |
| Address | Sidney, MT 59270 |
| Receiving water | YELLOWSTONE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | City of Sidney-Yellowstone River (HUC 101000042704) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 39Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 31With a violation of any kind
- 5With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 5 | 28 | 10 | September 30, 2023 | 4,331% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 49 | 482 | 8 | December 31, 2021 | 1,910% over the limit |
| pH | 19 | 71 | 6 | December 31, 2021 | |
| Coliform, fecal general | 4 | 28 | 4 | October 31, 2021 | 2,351% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 40 | 449 | 3 | December 31, 2022 | 16% over the limit |
| Water level at sample collection time | 9 | 170 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 8 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 15 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 14 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 15 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 10 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 9 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 9 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 11 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 7 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, dissolved [as As] | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, dissolved [as Pb] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, dissolved [as Se] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, dissolved [as Hg] | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| November 17, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| March 22, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not yet 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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.