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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR000657

CUSTOM RECYCLERS, INC., Helena, MT: NPDES MTR000657 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CUSTOM RECYCLERS, INC., held by Custom Recyclers, Inc., holds NPDES permit MTR000657, which discharges to Silver Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 24, 2019 and expiring January 31, 2023. 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 filedCUSTOM RECYCLERS, INC.
Permittee as filedCustom Recyclers, Inc.
NPDES IDMTR000657
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
IssuedOctober 24, 2019
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2023
AddressHelena, MT 59602
Receiving waterSILVER CREEK
SubwatershedUpper Silver Creek (HUC 100301011502)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).

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
Solids, total suspended120
Iron, total recoverable120
Zinc, total recoverable120
Aluminum, total recoverable120
Lead, total recoverable120
Copper, total recoverable120
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]120

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTR000657.

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 MTR000657.

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.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit MTR000657, held by Custom Recyclers, Inc. in Helena, MT, which discharges to Silver Creek in the Upper Silver Creek subwatershed (HUC 100301011502). The permit is listed as administratively continued, was issued October 24, 2019, and expired January 31, 2023, with 7 pollutants on file, 7 under a numeric limit, and 0 with an effluent exceedance.