Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0021555
ALBERTON WWTP, Alberton, MT: NPDES MT0021555 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 19Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ALBERTON WWTP, held by TOWN OF ALBERTON, holds NPDES permit MT0021555, which discharges to Clark Fork River. EPA’s file records it issued July 18, 2013 and expiring August 31, 2018. 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 | ALBERTON WWTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TOWN OF ALBERTON |
| NPDES ID | MT0021555 |
| 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 | July 18, 2013 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Alberton, MT 59820 |
| Receiving water | CLARK FORK RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Clark Fork River-Eddy Creek (HUC 170102040601) |
| 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
- 24Pollutants on file
- 19Under a numeric limit
- 24With a violation of any kind
- 5With 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, 20 deg. C | 9 | 190 | 95 | April 30, 2026 | 373% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 9 | 114 | 19 | August 31, 2014 | 107% over the limit |
| pH | 4 | 52 | 10 | August 31, 2021 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 2 | 20 | 5 | May 31, 2023 | 69% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 4 | 44 | 2 | April 30, 2021 | 1,269% over the limit |
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 2 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Calcium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 0 | 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
- 7Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| February 28, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| February 28, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| February 28, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| February 7, 2022 | WW SSO - Failure to report violation that may endanger public health 122.41(l)(7) | ST6 |
| February 7, 2022 | WW SSO - Discharge without a valid permit (includes satellite systems) | ST6 |
| December 2, 2020 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| December 2, 2020 | 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.