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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR000047

BOUMA POST YARDS, Lincoln, MT: NPDES MTR000047 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BOUMA POST YARDS, held by BOUMA POST YARDS INC, holds NPDES permit MTR000047, which discharges to Flesher Lakes. EPA’s file records it issued August 22, 2018 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 filedBOUMA POST YARDS
Permittee as filedBOUMA POST YARDS INC
NPDES IDMTR000047
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
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedAugust 22, 2018
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
AddressLincoln, MT 59639
Receiving waterFLESHER LAKES
SubwatershedBlackfoot River-Hardscrabble Creek (HUC 170102030206)
SIC2429 – Special Product Saw Mills
Other EPA IDs (FRS)RCRA handler MTD006473649

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download; cross-program IDs from EPA’s FRS facility-registry crosswalk.

Effluent limits and exceedances

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 measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
Copper, total [as Cu]177March 31, 2026720% over the limit
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]120
Solids, total suspended110
Report due [yrmoda]010
Arsenic, total [as As]100
Zinc, total [as Zn]100

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 MTR000047.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers the Clean Water Act industrial stormwater permit NPDES MTR000047 held by BOUMA POST YARDS INC for BOUMA POST YARDS in Lincoln, MT, which discharges to FLESHER LAKES and is administratively continued with a permit status of Administratively continued. The file lists 1 pollutant under a numeric limit and 1 pollutant with an effluent exceedance, with a Minor Discharger class of 5.