Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0021385
TOWN OF JORDAN WASTEWATER TREATMETN FACILITY, Jordan, MT: NPDES MT0021385 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 16Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF JORDAN WASTEWATER TREATMETN FACILITY, held by TOWN OF JORDAN, holds NPDES permit MT0021385, which discharges to Big Dry Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 11, 2011 and expiring September 30, 2016. 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 | TOWN OF JORDAN WASTEWATER TREATMETN FACILITY |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TOWN OF JORDAN |
| NPDES ID | MT0021385 |
| 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 | August 11, 2011 |
| Expiration date | September 30, 2016 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Jordan, MT 59337 |
| Receiving water | BIG DRY CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Big Dry Creek-Jordon (HUC 100401050901) |
| Program components on file | POTW, Pretreatment |
| 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
- 21Pollutants on file
- 16Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 7With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 8 | 242 | 196 | January 31, 2026 | 172,085% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 9 | 298 | 178 | January 31, 2026 | 374% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 274 | 157 | January 31, 2026 | 677% over the limit |
| pH | 5 | 123 | 56 | November 30, 2025 | |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 48 | 24 | July 31, 2023 | 223% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 24 | 24 | September 30, 2011 | 44,900% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 42 | 19 | April 30, 2023 | 273% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 1 | 2 | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2024 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| March 20, 2024 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| March 20, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| March 20, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| March 20, 2024 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| March 20, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| March 20, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit 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 October 14, 2026.