Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000162
TOWN PUMP GREAT FALLS #5 GORE HILL, Great Falls, MT: NPDES MTX000162 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 10Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN PUMP GREAT FALLS #5 GORE HILL, held by MONTANA COMMERCE LLC, holds NPDES permit MTX000162, which discharges to Class Ii Ground Water. EPA’s file records it issued October 27, 2010 and expiring November 30, 2015. 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 | TOWN PUMP GREAT FALLS #5 GORE HILL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MONTANA COMMERCE LLC |
| NPDES ID | MTX000162 |
| 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 | October 27, 2010 |
| Expiration date | November 30, 2015 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Great Falls, MT 59404 |
| Receiving water | CLASS II GROUND WATER |
| Subwatershed | Sun River-Wadsworth Park (HUC 100301040907) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 11Pollutants on file
- 10Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 | 6 | 4 | June 30, 2026 | 98% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 3 | 0 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| July 10, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | 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.