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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0028321

PAR MONTANA LLC, Billings, MT: NPDES MT0028321 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

PAR MONTANA LLC, held by EXXONMOBIL REFINING AND SUPPLY, holds NPDES permit MT0028321, which discharges to Yellowstone River. EPA’s file records it issued March 11, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020.

PAR MONTANA LLC, Billings, Montana: Individual permit MT0028321, held by EXXONMOBIL REFINING AND SUPPLY; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 11, 2015, term to April 30, 2020; discharges to YELLOWSTONE RIVER.

  • Turbidity: 3 limits, 19 violations of any kind, 1 effluent exceedance, latest August 31, 2009.
  • Flow rate: 2 limits, 12 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease visual: 1 limit, 6 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • pH: 2 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Oil and grease, hexane extr method: 1 limit, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • Flow rate: 0 limits, 2 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
  • November 29, 2017: Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample (ST6).

PAR MONTANA LLC among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 61 discharge permits in the Yellowstone River-Sevenmile Creek subwatershed (HUC 100700070403), MT0028321 among them. Its county holds 431, 6 of them major permits; MT0028321 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Yellowstone River-Sevenmile Creek subwatershed (HUC 100700070403)

Identity

Facility as filedPAR MONTANA LLC
Permittee as filedEXXONMOBIL REFINING AND SUPPLY
NPDES IDMT0028321
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedMarch 11, 2015
Expiration dateApril 30, 2020
AddressBillings, MT 59101
Receiving waterYELLOWSTONE RIVER
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedYellowstone River-Sevenmile Creek (HUC 100700070403)
SIC2911 – Petroleum Refining
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MTD010380574; ICIS-AIR source MT0000003011100013

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Turbidity3191August 31, 2009
Flow rate2120
Oil and grease visual160
pH220
Oil and grease, hexane extr method120
Flow rate020

Inspections, violations and enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
November 29, 2017Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative SampleST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MT0028321.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MT0028321.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act discharge permit NPDES MT0028321, held by PAR MONTANA LLC of Billings, MT, with EXXONMOBIL REFINING AND SUPPLY listed as permittee, discharging to the Yellowstone River. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance.