Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0030724
FIDELITY - TONGUE RIVER PROJECT WTF, Decker, MT: NPDES MT0030724 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 41Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FIDELITY - TONGUE RIVER PROJECT WTF, held by FIDELITY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CO, holds NPDES permit MT0030724, which discharges to Tongue River. EPA’s file records it issued February 3, 2006 and expiring March 31, 2011. 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 | FIDELITY - TONGUE RIVER PROJECT WTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FIDELITY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CO |
| NPDES ID | MT0030724 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 3, 2006 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2011 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Decker, MT 59025 |
| Receiving water | TONGUE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tongue River-Beatty Gulch (HUC 100901010301) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 42Pollutants on file
- 41Under a numeric limit
- 23With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 6 | 7 | 5 | October 31, 2008 | 167% over the limit |
| Sodium adsorption ratio | 6 | 8 | 4 | June 30, 2007 | 140% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 15 | 7 | 2 | September 30, 2009 | 14% over the limit |
| pH | 6 | 3 | 1 | July 31, 2006 | |
| Magnesium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sodium, total recoverable | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Toxicity [acute], Pimephales promelas [Fathead Minnow] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thermal Discharge | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Radium 226 + radium 228, total | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carbon, tot organic [TOC] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boron, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, dissolved [as Fe] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total [as Sr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 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 |
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 MT0030724.
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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