Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0021431
MT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC WWTP, Galen, MT: NPDES MT0021431 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
MT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC WWTP, held by MONTANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, holds NPDES permit MT0021431, which discharges to Clark Fork River. EPA’s file records it issued May 10, 2007 and expiring June 30, 2012. 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 | MT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INC WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | MONTANA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| NPDES ID | MT0021431 |
| 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 | May 10, 2007 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2012 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Galen, MT 59722 |
| Receiving water | CLARK FORK RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Modesty Creek (HUC 170102010405) |
| SIC | 8062 – General Medical & Surgical Hospitals |
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
- 20Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 20With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 56 | 52 | July 31, 2003 | 1,700% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 52 | 49 | May 31, 2024 | 567% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 5 | 18 | 7 | March 31, 2020 | 1,856% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 16 | 4 | July 31, 2008 | 2,224% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 5 | 4 | October 31, 2004 | 57% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 4 | 3 | 1 | December 31, 2007 | 60% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 3 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| pH | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pass/Fail Static Renewal 96Hr Acute Pimephales Promelas | 1 | 1 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| September 13, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| September 13, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| September 13, 2022 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| September 13, 2022 | Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment) | ST6 |
| September 13, 2022 | Management Practice Violations - Improper Operation and Maintenance | ST6 |
| September 13, 2022 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | 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.