Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0022161
TOWN OF STANFORD DOMESTIC WWTF, Stanford, MT: NPDES MT0022161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF STANFORD DOMESTIC WWTF, held by TOWN OF STANFORD, holds NPDES permit MT0022161, which discharges to Skull Creek. EPA’s file records it issued September 29, 2009 and expiring October 31, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TOWN OF STANFORD DOMESTIC WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TOWN OF STANFORD |
| NPDES ID | MT0022161 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 29, 2009 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Stanford, MT 59479 |
| Receiving water | SKULL CREEK |
| Subwatershed | Coyote Creek (HUC 100401031202) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 17Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 17With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 148 | 2 | April 30, 2015 | 21% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 146 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 86 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 74 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 4 | 52 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 3 | 8 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2022 | Permit Violations - Failure to Submit Timely Permit Renewal Application | ST6 |
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not 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 15, 2026.