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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000161

LINLEE LAKES SUBDIVISION, Billings, MT: NPDES MTX000161 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

LINLEE LAKES SUBDIVISION, held by AQUANET INC LINLEE LAKE ESTATE, holds NPDES permit MTX000161, which discharges to Groundwater. EPA’s file records it issued July 14, 2006 and expiring August 31, 2011. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedLINLEE LAKES SUBDIVISION
Permittee as filedAQUANET INC LINLEE LAKE ESTATE
NPDES IDMTX000161
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedJuly 14, 2006
Expiration dateAugust 31, 2011
Issuing agencyMONTANA DEQ
AddressBillings, MT 59106
Receiving waterGROUNDWATER
SubwatershedValley Creek (HUC 100700040503)
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same 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
Nitrogen, total [as N]422881June 30, 2026408% over the limit
Nitrogen, nitrate total [as N]32020June 30, 201441% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general344September 30, 2011400% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]2890
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]2780
E. coli, MTEC-MF0660
Phosphorus, total [as P]4640
Chloride [as Cl]3600
Specific conductance3570
Water level at sample collection time3570
Flow rate4500
Solids, total suspended2310
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C2280
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]2180

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
December 1, 2021Reporting Violations - Failure to Submit DMRsST6
December 1, 2021Reporting Violations - Failure to submit required report (non-DMR non-pretreatment)ST6
December 1, 2021Permit Violations - CWA §308 Failure to submit required permit application informationST6
December 1, 2021Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRsST6
December 1, 2021Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violationST6

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 discharge permit MTX000161 for LINLEE LAKES SUBDIVISION in Billings, MT, held by AQUANET INC LINLEE LAKE ESTATE, which discharges to groundwater. The page lists a permit status of administratively continued, a minor discharger class, 13 pollutants under a numeric limit, and 3 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.