Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG770034
BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE - THUNDERBIRD PH 1 CRUDE OIL PIPELINE, Baker, MT: NPDES MTG770034 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE - THUNDERBIRD PH 1 CRUDE OIL PIPELINE, held by BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE COMPANY, holds NPDES permit MTG770034, which discharges to Little Beaver Creek Tributary. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 2012 and expiring May 31, 2015. 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.
What the register holds for BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE - THUNDERBIRD PH 1 CRUDE OIL PIPELINE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Baker, Montana, its receiving water, and 7 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MTG770034.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE - THUNDERBIRD PH 1 CRUDE OIL PIPELINE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | MTG770034 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | July 18, 2012 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Baker, MT 59313 |
| Receiving water | LITTLE BEAVER CREEK TRIBUTARY |
| Subwatershed | Upper Sandstone Creek (HUC 101000050504) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 7Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 0With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turbidity | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxidants, total residual | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Toluene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethylbenzene | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Xylene [mix of m+o+p] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTG770034.
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 MTG770034.
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 15, 2026.