Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR000530

LUCYS SANDBOX, Fairview, MT: NPDES MTR000530 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
2Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

LUCYS SANDBOX, held by RKT LLC, holds NPDES permit MTR000530, which discharges to Main Canal. EPA’s file records it issued March 7, 2013 and expiring January 31, 2018.

LUCYS SANDBOX, Fairview, Montana: Coverage under a general permit MTR000530, held by RKT LLC; Industrial stormwater; Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued); issued March 7, 2013, term to January 31, 2018, by MONTANA DEQ; discharges to MAIN CANAL.

Solids, total suspended: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]: 1 limit, 7 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

May 1, 2019: Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting (ST6).
May 1, 2019: WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct Inspections (ST6).
May 1, 2019: WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP (ST6).
May 1, 2019: WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Monitor (ST6).
May 1, 2019: WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR) (ST6).
May 1, 2019: WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Maintain Records (ST6).

Montana holds 465 Industrial stormwater coverages of this permit type in EPA’s file; 102 were issued before MTR000530.

Coverages issued nearest MTR000530

February 13, 2013: RED LODGE WWTF, Red Lodge, MTR000489, held by CITY OF RED LODGE
February 27, 2013: MDU CO - LEWIS & CLARK STATION, Sidney, MTR000108, held by MONTANA DAKOTA UTILITIES CO
March 1, 2013: ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF NORTH AMERICA, Billings, MTR000320, held by ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF NORTH AMERICA LLC
March 1, 2013: ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF NORTH AMERICA BILLINGS RECYCLING, Billings, MTR000366, held by ALLIED WASTE SERVICES OF NORTH AMERICA LLC
March 6, 2013: MERGENTHALER TRANSFER & STORAGE, Great Falls, MTR000148, held by MERGENTHALER TRANSFER AND STORAGE
March 15, 2013: CITY OF GLENDIVE - LANDFILL, Glendive, MTR000387, held by CITY OF GLENDIVE
March 28, 2013: CITY OF BOZEMAN - BOZEMAN WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY, Bozeman, MTR000492, held by CITY OF BOZEMAN
April 2, 2013: DIVERSIFIED TRANSFER AND STORAGE, Billings, MTR000070
April 4, 2013: MITCHELLS OIL FIELD SERVICES BAKER, Baker, MTR000533, held by MITCHELLS CRANE AND TRUCKING LLC
May 3, 2013: BAKKEN AGGREGATES - GUSTAFSON PIT, Culbertson, MTR000538, held by BAKKEN AGGREGATES LLC

LUCYS SANDBOX among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 10 discharge permits in the Town of Fairview subwatershed (HUC 101000042706), MTR000530 among them. Its county holds 157, 2 of them major permits; MTR000530 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Town of Fairview subwatershed (HUC 101000042706)

BRIGHAM OIL AND GAS - SUNDHEIM 25-36, Fairview: MTR104759, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED CREEK, permit term to December 31, 2012
EAST FAIRVIEW CITY OF, Fairview: NDG321997, minor permit, discharging to Lower Yellowstone, permit term to September 30, 2024
FAIRVIEW MT CITY OF, Fairview: NDG125356, minor permit, discharging to Lower Yellowstone, permit term to September 30, 2023
FAIRVIEW SCHOOL GYM & OFFICE REPLACEMENT & COMMONS ADDITION, Fairview: MTR106982, minor permit, discharging to Lower Yellowstone, permit term to December 31, 2017
JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT - JOHNSON FAIRVIEW GRAVEL PIT, Fairview: MTR000545, minor permit, discharging to MAIN CANAL, permit term to January 31, 2018
JOHNSON PIT #2, Fairview: MTR000851, minor permit, discharging to LATERAL L, permit term to January 31, 2028
KNIFE RIVER CORP - DENNIS ANDERSON PIT SITE, Fairview: MTR000580, minor permit, discharging to ONSITE INFILTRATION, permit term to January 31, 2023
SIDNEY SUGARS INCORPORATED-SUGAR VALLEY RECEIVING STATION, East Fairview: NDR050544, minor permit, discharging to Lower Yellowstone, permit term to March 31, 2020
STRATA CORPORATION - STRATA YELLOWSTONE PLANT, Fairview: MTR000570, minor permit, discharging to UNNAMED STREAM, permit term to January 31, 2023

Identity

Facility as filed	LUCYS SANDBOX
Permittee as filed	RKT LLC
NPDES ID	MTR000530
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	March 7, 2013
Expiration date	January 31, 2018
Issuing agency	MONTANA DEQ
Address	Fairview, MT 59221
Receiving water	MAIN CANAL
Subwatershed	Town of Fairview (HUC 101000042706)

Effluent limits and exceedances

2Pollutants on file
2Under a numeric limit
2With 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
Solids, total suspended	1	7	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	7	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTR000530.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

6Single-event violations

Date	What EPA recorded	Agency
May 1, 2019	Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting	ST6
May 1, 2019	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Conduct Inspections	ST6
May 1, 2019	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMP	ST6
May 1, 2019	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Monitor	ST6
May 1, 2019	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR)	ST6
May 1, 2019	WW Storm Water Non-Construction - Failure to Maintain Records	ST6

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES MTR000530.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES MTR000530.

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This public-records page covers NPDES permit MTR000530 for LUCYS SANDBOX in Fairview, MT, held by RKT LLC and discharging to Main Canal, with a permit status of administratively continued and a discharger class of minor. The page lists 2 pollutants on file, 2 under a numeric limit, 2 with a violation of any kind, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.