Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0030660
SUMMIT GAS RESOURCES, INC., Decker, MT: NPDES MT0030660 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 44Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
SUMMIT GAS RESOURCES, INC., held by PINNACLE GAS RESOURCES INC, holds NPDES permit MT0030660, which discharges to Tongue River. EPA’s file records it issued November 19, 2004 and expiring December 31, 2009. 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 | SUMMIT GAS RESOURCES, INC. |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | PINNACLE GAS RESOURCES INC |
| NPDES ID | MT0030660 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | November 19, 2004 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2009 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Decker, MT 59025 |
| Receiving water | TONGUE RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Tongue River-Post Creek (HUC 100901010601) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 44Pollutants on file
- 44Under a numeric limit
- 28With a violation of any kind
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selenium, total recoverable | 3 | 26 | 18 | March 31, 2007 | 833% over the limit |
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 3 | 25 | 16 | March 31, 2007 | 1,752% over the limit |
| pH | 3 | 9 | 2 | March 31, 2006 | |
| Flow rate | 4 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 5 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Flow, wastewater by-passing trtmnt plant | 3 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 2 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total recoverable | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total [as Sr] | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Radium 223, total | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [chronic], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radiation, gross beta | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Radiation, gross alpha | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Report due [yrmoda] | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MT0030660.
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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