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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR040005

CITY OF KALISPELL SMALL MS-4, Kalispell, MT: NPDES MTR040005 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CITY OF KALISPELL SMALL MS-4, held by CITY OF KALISPELL, holds NPDES permit MTR040005, which discharges to Flathead River, Ashley Creek. EPA’s file records it issued January 31, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 filedCITY OF KALISPELL SMALL MS-4
Permittee as filedCITY OF KALISPELL
NPDES IDMTR040005
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
ProgramSmall municipal storm sewer systems
IssuedJanuary 31, 2017
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2021
AddressKalispell, MT 59901
Receiving waterFLATHEAD RIVER, ASHLEY CREEK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedLast Chance Gulch (HUC 100301011309)

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
pH040
Flow rate020
Solids, total suspended020
Oil and grease, hexane extr method020
Nitrogen, total [as N]020
Phosphorus, total [as P]020
Zinc, total recoverable020
Lead, total recoverable020
Copper, total recoverable020
Chemical Oxygen Demand [COD]020

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTR040005.

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 MTR040005.

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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Nearby on the register

Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

Flathead County's storm water small MS4 permits on EPA's NPDES register number 1, and that is CITY OF KALISPELL SMALL MS-4's permit. The Last Chance Gulch subwatershed (HUC 100301011309) holds 50 NPDES permits, including this one's subwatershed peers. Its permit is administratively continued and its permittee is CITY OF KALISPELL.