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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR000564

SUN MOUNTAIN LOGGING, Deer Lodge, MT: NPDES MTR000564 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SUN MOUNTAIN LOGGING, held by SUN MOUNTAIN LUMBER, holds NPDES permit MTR000564, which discharges to Clark Fork, Tin Cup Joe Creek. EPA’s file records it issued May 24, 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 filedSUN MOUNTAIN LOGGING
Permittee as filedSUN MOUNTAIN LUMBER
NPDES IDMTR000564
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedMay 24, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
AddressDeer Lodge, MT 59722
Receiving waterCLARK FORK, TIN CUP JOE CREEK
SubwatershedTin Cup Joe Creek (HUC 170102010705)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MTR000564.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
May 23, 2023WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Implement SWPPP/SWMPST6
May 23, 2023WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to properly install/implement BMPsST6
May 23, 2023WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to properly operate and maintain BMPsST6
December 5, 2017WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct InspectionsST6
October 27, 2017WW Storm Water Non-Construction - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application infoST6
October 27, 2017WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to properly install/implement BMPsST6

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 15, 2026.