Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG010239
BICE RANCH LLC - FEEDLOT, Miles City, MT: NPDES MTG010239 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
BICE RANCH LLC - FEEDLOT, held by BICE RANCH LLC, holds NPDES permit MTG010239, which discharges to Tongue River. EPA’s file records it issued October 19, 2021 and expiring October 31, 2023. 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 | BICE RANCH LLC - FEEDLOT |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | BICE RANCH LLC |
| NPDES ID | MTG010239 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Concentrated animal feeding operations |
| Issued | October 19, 2021 |
| Expiration date | October 31, 2023 |
| Address | Miles City, MT 59301 |
| Receiving water | TONGUE RIVER |
| Receiving water impaired | 303(D) Listed |
| Subwatershed | Tongue River-Cow Creek (HUC 100901020708) |
| SIC | 0211 – Beef Cattle Feedlots |
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
- 9Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 9With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Duration | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Volume, total | 0 | 3 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTG010239.
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
- 5Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 19, 2024 | WW CAFO - Failure to Maintain Records or Meet Record Keeping Requirements | ST6 |
| July 19, 2024 | WW CAFO - Monitoring Violations - No Depth Marker in Storage Pond | ST6 |
| July 30, 2019 | WW CAFO - Failure to Maintain Records or Meet Record Keeping Requirements | ST6 |
| July 30, 2019 | WW CAFO - Management Practice Violations - Failure to Conduct Self Inspections | ST6 |
| July 30, 2019 | WW CAFO - Reporting Violations - No Annual Report or Other Required Report Submitted | 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.