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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTR000851

JOHNSON PIT #2, Fairview, MT: NPDES MTR000851 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

JOHNSON PIT #2, held by RICHLAND COUNTY, holds NPDES permit MTR000851, which discharges to Lateral L. EPA’s file records it issued February 29, 2024 and expiring January 31, 2028. 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 JOHNSON PIT #2: its NPDES ID, its permit type and status, its dates, its address in Fairview, Montana, its receiving water, and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit. EPA’s effluent violation file and its single-event violation file hold no violation for NPDES MTR000851.

Identity

Facility as filedJOHNSON PIT #2
Permittee as filedRICHLAND COUNTY
NPDES IDMTR000851
Permit statusEffective
Permit typeCoverage under a general permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
ProgramIndustrial stormwater
IssuedFebruary 29, 2024
Expiration dateJanuary 31, 2028
AddressFairview, MT 59221
Receiving waterLATERAL L
SubwatershedTown of Fairview (HUC 101000042706)

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO 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
Solids, total suspended100
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]100

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES MTR000851.

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 MTR000851.

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 September 15, 2026.

What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MTR000851 for JOHNSON PIT #2 in Fairview, MT, held by RICHLAND COUNTY, with an effective status, a Minor discharger class, and 2 pollutants under a numeric limit. The page lists 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance, and it states the permit was issued February 29, 2024 and expires January 31, 2028, with the receiving water given as LATERAL L in subwatershed HUC 101000042706.