Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0020141
CITY OF CUT BANK WWTF, Cut Bank, MT: NPDES MT0020141 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 26Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 10Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CITY OF CUT BANK WWTF, held by CITY OF CUT BANK, holds NPDES permit MT0020141, which discharges to Old Maids Coulee, Trib Cut Bank Cr. EPA’s file records it issued September 19, 2002 and expiring October 31, 2007. 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 | CITY OF CUT BANK WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | CITY OF CUT BANK |
| NPDES ID | MT0020141 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | September 19, 2002 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2007 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Cut Bank, MT 59427 |
| Receiving water | OLD MAIDS COULEE, TRIB CUT BANK CR |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Old Maids Coulee (HUC 100302020704) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 29Pollutants on file
- 26Under a numeric limit
- 15With a violation of any kind
- 10With 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 | 3 | 99 | 95 | July 31, 2026 | |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 47 | 46 | February 29, 2024 | 2,990% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 29 | 26 | May 31, 2019 | 327% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 1 | 18 | 17 | January 31, 2024 | 126% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 14 | 14 | May 31, 2019 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 7 | 7 | May 31, 2019 | 187% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 0 | 4 | 4 | April 30, 2019 | 200% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 5 | 3 | July 31, 2017 | 221% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 1 | 5 | 3 | August 31, 2004 | 325% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 1 | 3 | 2 | August 31, 2024 | 27% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total [as Cd] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total [as Cr] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total [as Pb] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Molybdenum, total [as Mo] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total [as Ni] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver, total [as Ag] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total [as Se] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phenols | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total [as Hg] | 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 MT0020141.
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.