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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR111672

GAS DISTRIBUTION: BUTTE - CG3, Butte, MT: NPDES MTR111672 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

GAS DISTRIBUTION: BUTTE - CG3, held by NorthWestern Energy, holds NPDES permit MTR111672, which discharges to Blacktail Creek. EPA’s file records it issued February 25, 2026 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 GAS DISTRIBUTION: BUTTE - CG3: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Butte, Montana, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MTR111672.

Identity

Facility as filedGAS DISTRIBUTION: BUTTE - CG3
Permittee as filedNorthWestern Energy
NPDES IDMTR111672
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramConstruction stormwater
IssuedFebruary 25, 2026
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2027
AddressButte, MT 59701
Receiving waterBLACKTAIL CREEK
SubwatershedBlacktail Creek (HUC 170102010202)

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 MTR111672.

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 MTR111672.

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 GAS DISTRIBUTION: BUTTE - CG3 permit, held by NorthWestern Energy, is one of 57 storm water construction permits in Silver Bow County, and its issue date is earlier than that of 85.5% of the 55 such permits in the county, this one included. Among the 57 storm water construction permits in Silver Bow County, 21.1% have a violation on file, and this permit has none of the records listed as 0 for numeric-limit pollutants or effluent exceedances. It also sits in the Blacktail Creek subwatershed, which holds 8 NPDES permits, this one included.