Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG589004
CHIPPEWA CREE TRIBE, Box Elder, MT: NPDES MTG589004 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
CHIPPEWA CREE TRIBE, held by Chippewa Cree Tribe Utilities, holds NPDES permit MTG589004. EPA’s file records it issued December 20, 2004 and expiring August 16, 2009. 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 | CHIPPEWA CREE TRIBE |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Chippewa Cree Tribe Utilities |
| NPDES ID | MTG589004 |
| 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 | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | December 20, 2004 |
| Expiration date | August 16, 2009 |
| Issuing agency | U.S. EPA Region 8 |
| Address | Box Elder, MT 59521 |
| Subwatershed | Boxelder Creek (HUC 100500050303) |
| SIC | 4952 – Sewerage Systems |
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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 8With a violation of any kind
- 4With 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 | 2 | 134 | 7 | September 30, 2013 | 167% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 2 | 135 | 6 | May 31, 2014 | 27% over the limit |
| E. coli | 0 | 77 | 5 | September 30, 2013 | 99,999% over the limit |
| Coliform, fecal general | 2 | 58 | 4 | November 30, 2008 | 2,449,900% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 2 | 138 | 0 | ||
| pH | 2 | 136 | 0 | ||
| Oil & Grease | 1 | 66 | 0 | ||
| Oil and grease visual | 1 | 66 | 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
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MTG589004.
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.