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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000179

BUCKS T-4 LODGE, Big Sky, MT: NPDES MTX000179 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

BUCKS T-4 LODGE, held by MIKE SCHOLZ, holds NPDES permit MTX000179, which discharges to Gallatin River. 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 BUCKS T-4 LODGE: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its its address in Big Sky, Montana, its receiving water. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MTX000179.

Identity

Facility as filedBUCKS T-4 LODGE
Permittee as filedMIKE SCHOLZ
NPDES IDMTX000179
Permit statusNot needed
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
Issuing agencyMONTANA DEQ
AddressBig Sky, MT 59716
Receiving waterGALLATIN RIVER
SubwatershedGallatin River-Deer Creek (HUC 100200080306)

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 MTX000179.

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 MTX000179.

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

Across the 45 state-issued individual permits in Gallatin County, 55.6% have a violation on file. The Gallatin River-Deer Creek subwatershed (HUC 100200080306) holds 13 NPDES permits, and BUCKS T-4 LODGE is among the 45 state-issued individual permits on EPA's register for the county.