Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000176
APPLEGATE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, Helena, MT: NPDES MTX000176 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 12Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
APPLEGATE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, held by VALLEY SAND AND GRAVEL LLC, holds NPDES permit MTX000176, which discharges to Class Ii Gound Water. EPA’s file records it issued May 14, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 filed | APPLEGATE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | VALLEY SAND AND GRAVEL LLC |
| NPDES ID | MTX000176 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 14, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | Helena, MT 59602 |
| Receiving water | CLASS II GOUND WATER |
| Subwatershed | Lower Silver Creek (HUC 100301011503) |
| SIC | 4952 – 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
- 13Pollutants on file
- 12Under a numeric limit
- 13With a violation of any kind
- 1With an effluent exceedance
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 measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 10 | 130 | 43 | March 31, 2026 | 195% over the limit |
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 4 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 4 | 38 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 5 | 37 | 0 | ||
| E. coli, MTEC-MF | 2 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Water level at sample collection time | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Specific conductance | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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
- 4Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| November 25, 2025 | Effluent Violations - Numeric effluent violation | ST6 |
| November 25, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Late Submittal of DMRs | ST6 |
| November 25, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
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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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.