Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG580015
TOWN OF BROADUS WWTF, Broadus, MT: NPDES MTG580015 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- EffectivePermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 9Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 6Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TOWN OF BROADUS WWTF, held by TOWN OF BROADUS, holds NPDES permit MTG580015, which discharges to Powder River. EPA’s file records it issued January 18, 2018 and expiring December 31, 2022. 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.
Identity
| Facility as filed | TOWN OF BROADUS WWTF |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TOWN OF BROADUS |
| NPDES ID | MTG580015 |
| Permit status | Effective |
| Permit type | Coverage under a general permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | January 18, 2018 |
| Expiration date | December 31, 2022 |
| Address | Broadus, MT 59317 |
| Receiving water | POWDER RIVER |
| Subwatershed | Powder River-Coyote Creek (HUC 100902070306) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 21Pollutants on file
- 9Under a numeric limit
- 21With a violation of any kind
- 6With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 4 | 53 | 29 | June 30, 2026 | 330% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 6 | 46 | 18 | June 30, 2026 | 212% over the limit |
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 4 | 26 | 18 | June 30, 2026 | 99,999% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 35 | 15 | June 30, 2026 | |
| BOD, 5-day, percent removal | 1 | 4 | 1 | April 30, 2017 | 10% over the limit |
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 0 | 2 | 1 | April 30, 2017 | 136% over the limit |
| Flow rate | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Duration of discharge | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chlorine, total residual | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease, hexane extr method | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Potassium, total [as K] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Temperature, water deg. centigrade | 0 | 1 | 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
- 6Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| July 27, 2023 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| July 27, 2023 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 27, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Failure to Monitor for Non-Toxicity Requirements | ST6 |
| July 27, 2023 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| January 25, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Improper Analysis or Lab Error | ST6 |
| January 25, 2018 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | 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 September 15, 2026.