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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG370296

SNIPETOWN AND SNIPETOWN STONECHEST CLAIM, Troy, MT: NPDES MTG370296 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

SNIPETOWN AND SNIPETOWN STONECHEST CLAIM, held by ART SANDERS, holds NPDES permit MTG370296, which discharges to Yaak River. EPA’s file records it issued June 5, 2015 and expiring March 31, 2019. 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.

What the register holds for SNIPETOWN AND SNIPETOWN STONECHEST CLAIM: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Troy, Montana, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MTG370296.

Identity

Facility as filedSNIPETOWN AND SNIPETOWN STONECHEST CLAIM
Permittee as filedART SANDERS
NPDES IDMTG370296
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJune 5, 2015
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2019
AddressTroy, MT 59935
Receiving waterYAAK RIVER
SIC1041 – Gold 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

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MTG370296.

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 MTG370296.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.

What this page shows

SNIPETOWN AND SNIPETOWN STONECHEST CLAIM, a general permit coverage in Troy, Lincoln County, Montana, is one of 28 such coverages in the county on EPA's NPDES register, this one included. Among the 28 general permit coverages in Lincoln County, 7.1% have a violation on file, and this permit's filed record shows none of its pollutants under a numeric limit or with an effluent exceedance. Of the 24 general permit coverages in Lincoln County, this one included, 25.0% carry an earlier issue date than this permit, which was issued June 5, 2015 and is administratively continued.