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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG070952

CITY OF COLUMBIA FALLS LIFT STA. NO.2 IMPROVEMENTS, Columbia Falls, MT: NPDES MTG070952 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF COLUMBIA FALLS LIFT STA. NO.2 IMPROVEMENTS, held by Downing Underground Inc., holds NPDES permit MTG070952, which discharges to Flathead River. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 15, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

What the register holds for CITY OF COLUMBIA FALLS LIFT STA. NO.2 IMPROVEMENTS: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its its address in Columbia Falls, Montana, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MTG070952.

Identity

Facility as filedCITY OF COLUMBIA FALLS LIFT STA. NO.2 IMPROVEMENTS
Permittee as filedDowning Underground Inc.
NPDES IDMTG070952
Permit statusNot needed
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
AddressColumbia Falls, MT 59912
Receiving waterFLATHEAD RIVER
SubwatershedFlathead River-Goodwich Bayou (HUC 170102080103)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MTG070952.

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

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MTG070952.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MTG070952 for the City of Columbia Falls Lift Sta. No.2 Improvements, held by Downing Underground Inc. and discharging to the Flathead River in subwatershed Flathead River-Goodwich Bayou (HUC 170102080103). The register lists a permit status of Not needed, a Minor discharger class, 0 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.