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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG370369

WHY NOT PLACER CLAIM, Troy, MT: NPDES MTG370369 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

WHY NOT PLACER CLAIM, held by RON & CAROL KERN AND BOB & CHERI CROUCHER, holds NPDES permit MTG370369, which discharges to Yaak River. EPA’s file records it issued May 20, 2016 and expiring March 31, 2019. 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 WHY NOT PLACER 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 MTG370369.

Identity

Facility as filedWHY NOT PLACER CLAIM
Permittee as filedRON & CAROL KERN AND BOB & CHERI CROUCHER
NPDES IDMTG370369
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
IssuedMay 20, 2016
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2019
AddressTroy, MT 59935
Receiving waterYAAK RIVER
SubwatershedYaak River-Kilbrennan Creek (HUC 170101030305)

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 MTG370369.

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 MTG370369.

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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What this page shows

The WHY NOT PLACER CLAIM permit, held by RON & CAROL KERN AND BOB & CHERI CROUCHER in Troy, Lincoln County, Montana, is one of 28 general permit coverages in Lincoln County on EPA's NPDES register, and it sits among five NPDES permits in the Yaak River-Kilbrennan Creek subwatershed. Of the 28 general permit coverages in Lincoln County, 7.1% have a violation on file, and this permit has none of the recorded numeric-limit or effluent exceedance counts. Among all 24 general permit coverages in Lincoln County, 62.5% were issued earlier than this one, which was issued May 20, 2016.