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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES WYR320096

MILLS PLANT, (Unknown City), WY: NPDES WYR320096 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

MILLS PLANT, held by Black Hills Bentonite, LLC, holds NPDES permit WYR320096. EPA’s file records it issued January 1, 2025 and expiring December 31, 2029. 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 filedMILLS PLANT
Permittee as filedBlack Hills Bentonite, LLC
NPDES IDWYR320096
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedJanuary 1, 2025
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2029
Issuing agencyWyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Address(Unknown City), WY
SubwatershedSage Creek-North Platte River (HUC 101800070304)

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 WYR320096.

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
February 18, 2021WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Implement SWPPP/SWMPST6
February 18, 2021WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct InspectionsST6

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 14, 2026.