Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0000019
BN WHITEFISH FACILITY, Whitefish, MT: NPDES MT0000019 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 33Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BN WHITEFISH FACILITY, held by BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, holds NPDES permit MT0000019, which discharges to Whitefish River. EPA’s file records it issued September 16, 2009 and expiring October 31, 2014. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | BN WHITEFISH FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY |
| NPDES ID | MT0000019 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 16, 2009 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2014 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Whitefish, MT 59937 |
| Receiving water | WHITEFISH RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Whitefish River-Whitefish (HUC 170102100508) |
| SIC | 4011 – Railroads, Line-Haul Operating |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 33Pollutants on file
- 33Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | 2 | 3 | 3 | May 31, 2012 | |
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 2 | 1 | March 31, 2017 | 4% over the limit |
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hardness, total [as CaCO3] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manganese, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, dissolved [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, dissolved [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 1 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MT0000019.
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 October 14, 2026.