Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000129
FIRELIGHT MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, Big Sky, MT: NPDES MTX000129 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 11Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FIRELIGHT MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, held by HLH LLC, holds NPDES permit MTX000129, which discharges to Class I Ground Water. EPA’s file records it issued December 27, 2007 and expiring December 31, 2012. 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 | FIRELIGHT MEADOWS SUBDIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | HLH LLC |
| NPDES ID | MTX000129 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 27, 2007 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2012 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Big Sky, MT 59716 |
| Receiving water | CLASS I GROUND WATER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | South Fork West Fork Gallatin River (HUC 100200080201) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 15Pollutants on file
- 11Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 8 | 273 | 136 | June 30, 2026 | 304% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, inorganic total | 0 | 21 | 10 | December 31, 2006 | 55% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 13 | 4 | June 30, 2003 | 22,900% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 3 | 88 | 2 | March 31, 2011 | 12% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 6 | 130 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 5 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 5 | 48 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 3 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 2 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2017 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| May 17, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Frequency of Sampling Violation | ST6 |
| May 17, 2017 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| May 17, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| May 17, 2017 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
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.