Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTG580033

TOWN OF FROMBERG WWTP, Fromberg, MT: NPDES MTG580033 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

Administratively continuedPermit status
MinorDischarger class
10Pollutants under a numeric limit
5Pollutants with an effluent exceedance

TOWN OF FROMBERG WWTP, held by TOWN OF FROMBERG, holds NPDES permit MTG580033, which discharges to Clarks Fork Of The Yellowstone R.. EPA’s file records it issued March 21, 2000 and expiring September 30, 2004. 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	TOWN OF FROMBERG WWTP
Permittee as filed	TOWN OF FROMBERG
NPDES ID	MTG580033
Permit status	Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit type	Coverage under a general permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Publicly owned treatment works
Program	Publicly owned treatment works
Issued	March 21, 2000
Expiration date	September 30, 2004
Issuing agency	MONTANA DEQ
Address	Fromberg, MT 59029
Receiving water	CLARKS FORK OF THE YELLOWSTONE R.
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Clarks Fork Yellowstone River-Skunk Creek (HUC 100700060801)
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

15Pollutants on file
10Under a numeric limit
15With a violation of any kind
5With 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
Solids, total suspended	1	64	22	December 31, 2017	309% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C	1	53	11	December 31, 2017	83% over the limit
E. coli, MTEC-MF	0	4	4	December 31, 2017	376% over the limit
pH	0	6	3	July 31, 2014
Solids, suspended percent removal	0	3	2	December 31, 2017	177% over the limit
Flow rate	1	42	0
Duration of discharge	1	42	0
Nitrogen, total [as N]	1	41	0
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]	1	41	0
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]	1	41	0
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]	1	41	0
Phosphorus, total [as P]	1	41	0
Coliform, fecal general	1	12	0
Temperature, water deg. centigrade	0	3	0
BOD, 5-day, percent removal	0	1	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

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES MTG580033.

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.

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MTG580033, held by TOWN OF FROMBERG for the TOWN OF FROMBERG WWTP in Fromberg, MT, which discharges to Clarks Fork Of The Yellowstone R. The permit is listed as administratively continued, with a Minor Discharger class, and the page reports 10 pollutants under a numeric limit and 5 pollutants with an effluent exceedance. The permit was issued March 21, 2000 and had an expiration date of September 30, 2004, with the status as of October 14, 2026.