{"permit":"MT0000388","name":"BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY                                                            ","state":"MT","as_of":"2026-10-22","source":{"publisher":"U.S. EPA — ECHO / ICIS-NPDES national file","as_of":"2026-10-22","page":"/dmr/p/MT0000388"},"about":[{"label":"What it is","text":"Switching And Terminal Services (EPA's industry listing)"},{"label":"Where","text":"Livingston, Montana","href":"https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=45.6684&mlon=-110.5526#map=14/45.6684/-110.5526"},{"label":"Last 12 months","text":"Over a limit 5 times, last in July 2026 (Zinc, total recoverable; Copper, total recoverable; Pass/Fail Static 48Hr Acute Ceriodaphnia dubia)"},{"label":"Permit","text":"Expired Feb 28, 2025; its limits still apply until a new permit is issued, and EPA still expects the reports"}],"renewal_due":null,"renewal_check":{"offered_because":"permit_expired","application_due":"2024-09-01","price":"free while piloted","order_page":"https://passage-data.com/dmr/p/MT0000388#renewal","says":"Each limit a renewal could tighten or add, from the state's water-quality standards and the federal rules for this kind of discharge, each cited to its rule, beside EPA's 12-month record; a rule we do not hold is named, never guessed. 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