Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG310025
ELK BASIN BATTERY 12, Belfry, MT: NPDES MTG310025 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 5Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 2Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
ELK BASIN BATTERY 12, held by Contango Resources, INC, holds NPDES permit MTG310025, which discharges to Unnamed Dry Coulee. EPA’s file records it issued May 1, 2015 and expiring April 30, 2020. 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 | ELK BASIN BATTERY 12 |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Contango Resources, INC |
| NPDES ID | MTG310025 |
| 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 |
| Issued | May 1, 2015 |
| Expiration date | April 30, 2020 |
| Address | Belfry, MT 59008 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED DRY COULEE |
| Subwatershed | Upper Silver Tip Creek (HUC 100700060609) |
| SIC | 1311 – Crude Petroleum And Natural Gas |
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
- 10Pollutants on file
- 5Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 2With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil & Grease | 0 | 3 | 2 | June 30, 2007 | 49% over the limit |
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 1 | 1 | 1 | June 30, 2012 | 20% over the limit |
| Fluoride | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate, total [as SO4] | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sulfate | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved [TDS] | 1 | 0 | 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
- 2Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| January 24, 2024 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| January 24, 2024 | Permit Violations - Application Incomplete | 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.