Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR300086
NEWMONT NORTH - MCDONALD PROJECT, Lincoln, MT: NPDES MTR300086 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NEWMONT NORTH - MCDONALD PROJECT, held by Newmont North American Exploration Limited, holds NPDES permit MTR300086, which discharges to Blackfoot R, Landers Fork, Sawmill. EPA’s file records it issued February 14, 2003 and expiring November 16, 2007. 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 | NEWMONT NORTH - MCDONALD PROJECT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Newmont North American Exploration Limited |
| NPDES ID | MTR300086 |
| 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 | February 14, 2003 |
| Expiration date | November 16, 2007 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Lincoln, MT 59639 |
| Receiving water | BLACKFOOT R, LANDERS FORK, SAWMILL |
| Subwatershed | Blackfoot River-Hardscrabble Creek (HUC 170102030206) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 1Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zinc, total recoverable | 0 | 1 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTR300086.
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 MTR300086.
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 14, 2026.