Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR000459
CITY OF BILLINGS WWTP, Billings, MT: NPDES MTR000459 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF BILLINGS WWTP, held by CITY OF BILLINGS, holds NPDES permit MTR000459, which discharges to Yellowstone River. EPA’s file records it issued November 12, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 | CITY OF BILLINGS WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF BILLINGS |
| NPDES ID | MTR000459 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | November 12, 2018 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2023 |
| Address | Billings, MT 59101 |
| Receiving water | YELLOWSTONE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Yellowstone River-Billings (HUC 100700041006) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 3Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 3With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTR000459.
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 MTR000459.
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.