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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000105

CHICO HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND DAY SPA, Pray, MT: NPDES MTX000105 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

CHICO HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND DAY SPA, held by DRH CHICO TENANT LLC, holds NPDES permit MTX000105, which discharges to Ground Water. EPA’s file records it issued November 16, 2016 and expiring December 31, 2021. 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 filedCHICO HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND DAY SPA
Permittee as filedDRH CHICO TENANT LLC
NPDES IDMTX000105
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeState-issued individual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typeNot a publicly owned treatment works
IssuedNovember 16, 2016
Expiration dateDecember 31, 2021
AddressPray, MT 59065
Receiving waterGROUND WATER
SIC4952 – 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

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
Nitrogen, inorganic total086June 30, 201613% over the limit
Flow rate263December 31, 201641% over the limit
Nitrogen, total [as N]852September 30, 201858% over the limit
pH070
Phosphorus, total [as P]130
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]220
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]220
Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N]220
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C010
Solids, total suspended010

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 MTX000105.

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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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit MTX000105 for CHICO HOT SPRINGS RESORT AND DAY SPA in Pray, MT, held by DRH CHICO TENANT LLC, which discharges to Ground Water and is administratively continued with an expiration date of December 31, 2021. The page lists 10 pollutants on file, 6 of them under a numeric limit, and 3 with an effluent exceedance. The facility is classified as a minor discharger, and the page's status and dates reflect EPA's permit file as loaded on October 14, 2026.