Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR000481
TRUENORTH STEEL, Billings, MT: NPDES MTR000481 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 0Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
TRUENORTH STEEL, held by TRUENORTH STEEL INC, holds NPDES permit MTR000481, which discharges to Unnamed. EPA’s file records it issued June 3, 2013 and expiring January 31, 2018. 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 | TRUENORTH STEEL |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | TRUENORTH STEEL INC |
| NPDES ID | MTR000481 |
| 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 | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Industrial stormwater |
| Issued | June 3, 2013 |
| Expiration date | January 31, 2018 |
| Issuing agency | MONTANA DEQ |
| Address | Billings, MT 59102 |
| Receiving water | UNNAMED |
| Subwatershed | Yellowstone River-Billings (HUC 100700041006) |
| SIC | 3441 – Fabricated Structural Metal |
| Other EPA IDs (FRS) | ICIS-AIR source MT0000003011100049 |
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
- 4Pollutants on file
- 0Under a numeric limit
- 4With a violation of any kind
- 0With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 15 | 0 |
EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTR000481.
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 2, 2018 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct Inspections | ST6 |
| July 2, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
| July 2, 2018 | Monitoring Violations - Analysis not Conducted | ST6 |
| July 2, 2018 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| July 2, 2018 | Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application information | ST6 |
| July 2, 2018 | WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP | 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 October 14, 2026.