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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000097

PARADINE MILL, Radersburg, MT: NPDES MTX000097 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PARADINE MILL, held by PARADINE MILL INC CO SCOTT OLDROYD, holds NPDES permit MTX000097, which discharges to Ground Water. EPA’s file records it issued April 27, 2015 and expiring June 30, 2020. 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 filedPARADINE MILL
Permittee as filedPARADINE MILL INC CO SCOTT OLDROYD
NPDES IDMTX000097
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 27, 2015
Expiration dateJune 30, 2020
AddressRadersburg, MT 59641
Receiving waterGROUND WATER
SubwatershedMissouri River-Lower Crow Creek (HUC 100301010707)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Lead, dissolved [as Pb]8451March 31, 202220% over the limit
Zinc, dissolved [as Zn]8451December 31, 202096% over the limit
pH141330
Depth to water level ft below landsurface141060
Monitoring well level from the surface141060
Cyanide, total [as CN]141010
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]141000
Conductivity14720
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]10670
Report due [yrmoda]8550
Arsenic, dissolved [as As]8440
Cadmium, dissolved [as Cd]8440
Copper, dissolved [as Cu]8440
Iron, dissolved [as Fe]8440
Specific conductance0370
Water level at sample collection time0280
Beryllium, dissolved [as Be]14210
Chromium, dissolved [as Cr]14210
Thallium, dissolved [as Tl]14210
Nickel, dissolved [as Ni]14210
Silver, dissolved [as Ag]14210
Antimony, dissolved [as Sb]14210
Selenium, dissolved [as Se]14210
Mercury, dissolved [as Hg]14210

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
June 30, 2026Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain RecordsST6
June 30, 2026Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and MaintenanceST6
January 13, 2017Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling ViolationST6
January 13, 2017Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
January 13, 2017Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect ReportingST6

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.