Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MT0031909
BLACK BUTTE COPPER PROJECT, White Sulphur Springs (Historical), MT: NPDES MT0031909 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 31Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BLACK BUTTE COPPER PROJECT, held by TINTINA MONTANA INC, holds NPDES permit MT0031909, which discharges to Sheep Creek. EPA’s file records it issued April 9, 2020 and expiring May 31, 2025. 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 | BLACK BUTTE COPPER PROJECT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TINTINA MONTANA INC |
| NPDES ID | MT0031909 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | April 9, 2020 |
| Expiration date | May 31, 2025 |
| Address | White Sulphur Springs (Historical), MT 59645 |
| Receiving water | SHEEP CREEK |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Upper Sheep Creek (HUC 100301030402) |
| SIC | 1021 – Copper Ores |
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
- 31Pollutants on file
- 31Under a numeric limit
- 1With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature, water deg. fahrenheit | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| pH | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Selenium, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beryllium, total recoverable [as Be] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nickel, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Silver total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, dissolved [as Al] | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cadmium, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lead, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antimony, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury, total recoverable | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD] | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cyanide, total [as CN] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thallium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Strontium, total [as Sr] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chromium, total recoverable | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uranium, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Ceriodaphnia dubia | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| IC25 Static Renewal 7 Day Chronic Chrpimephales | 1 | 0 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MT0031909.
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 MT0031909.
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.