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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR111502

ARGENTA EXPLORATION PROJECT, Dillon, MT: NPDES MTR111502 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

ARGENTA EXPLORATION PROJECT, held by Barrick Gold Exploration. Inc, holds NPDES permit MTR111502, which discharges to Rattlesnake Creek. EPA’s file records it issued October 1, 2025 and expiring December 31, 2027. 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.

What the register holds for ARGENTA EXPLORATION PROJECT: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Dillon, Montana, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MTR111502.

Identity

Facility as filedARGENTA EXPLORATION PROJECT
Permittee as filedBarrick Gold Exploration. Inc
NPDES IDMTR111502
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedOctober 1, 2025
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2027
AddressDillon, MT 59725
Receiving waterRATTLESNAKE CREEK
Receiving water impaired303(D) Listed
SubwatershedErmont Gulch (HUC 100200020203)

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 MTR111502.

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 MTR111502.

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

The ARGENTA EXPLORATION PROJECT is one of 2 NPDES permits in the Ermont Gulch subwatershed, and it sits among 28 storm water construction permits in Beaverhead County, where 3.6% carry a violation on file. The permit records no pollutants under a numeric limit and no effluent exceedances, which are both recorded as 0.