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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR106712

GREEN MEADOW SOLAR ARRAY, Helena, MT: NPDES MTR106712 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GREEN MEADOW SOLAR ARRAY, held by RIVER BEND SOLAR LLC, holds NPDES permit MTR106712, which discharges to Upper Missouri. EPA’s file records it issued November 22, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2017. 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 filedGREEN MEADOW SOLAR ARRAY
Permittee as filedRIVER BEND SOLAR LLC
NPDES IDMTR106712
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
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedNovember 22, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2017
Issuing agencyMT DEQ
AddressHelena, MT 59602
Receiving waterUpper Missouri
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedUpper Silver Creek (HUC 100301011502)

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

Effluent limits and exceedances

EPA’s limits and effluent violation files hold no pollutant row for NPDES MTR106712.

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

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
June 6, 2017WW Storm Water Construction - Failure to Conduct InspectionsST6
June 6, 2017WW Storm Water Construction - Failure to develop any or adequate SWPPP/SWMPST6
June 6, 2017WW Storm Water Construction - Failure to properly install/implement BMPsST6
June 6, 2017WW Storm Water Construction - Failure to properly operate and maintain BMPsST6

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MTR106712 for GREEN MEADOW SOLAR ARRAY in Helena, MT, held by RIVER BEND SOLAR LLC, a minor discharger under construction stormwater coverage that discharges to the Upper Missouri. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, with the permit shown as administratively continued after its December 31, 2017 expiration date.