Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0031879
LAUREL TRAVEL CENTER, Laurel, MT: NPDES MT0031879 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 15Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 3Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
LAUREL TRAVEL CENTER, held by TA OPERATING LLC, holds NPDES permit MT0031879, which discharges to Lower Yellowstone. EPA’s file records it issued May 9, 2016 and expiring June 30, 2021. 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 | LAUREL TRAVEL CENTER |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TA OPERATING LLC |
| NPDES ID | MT0031879 |
| 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 |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 9, 2016 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2021 |
| Address | Laurel, MT 59044 |
| Receiving water | LOWER YELLOWSTONE |
| Subwatershed | Yellowstone River-Broakway Creek (HUC 100700040604) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 15Under a numeric limit
- 14With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 57 | 35 | May 31, 2026 | 235% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 4 | 23 | 7 | October 31, 2025 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 11 | 2 | July 31, 2022 | 50% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 3 | 35 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 30 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 6 | 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
- 1Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| April 12, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | 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 14, 2026.