Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES MTX000174
FOX CROSSING III SUBDIVISION, East Helena, MT: NPDES MTX000174 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 8Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 1Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
FOX CROSSING III SUBDIVISION, held by FX3 HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, holds NPDES permit MTX000174, which discharges to Class I Ground Water. EPA’s file records it issued May 5, 2014 and expiring June 30, 2019. 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 | FOX CROSSING III SUBDIVISION |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | FX3 HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION |
| NPDES ID | MTX000174 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | State-issued individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | May 5, 2014 |
| Expiration date | June 30, 2019 |
| Address | East Helena, MT 59635 |
| Receiving water | CLASS I GROUND WATER |
| Subwatershed | Lake Helena (HUC 100301011504) |
| 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
- 8Pollutants on file
- 8Under a numeric limit
- 3With a violation of any kind
- 1With 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, total [as N] | 4 | 22 | 22 | September 30, 2020 | 99% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Flow rate | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 1 | 0 | 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
- 3Single-event violations
| Date | What EPA recorded | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2025 | Management Practice Violations - Failure to Maintain Records | ST6 |
| August 20, 2025 | Reporting Violations - Improper/ Incorrect Reporting | ST6 |
| August 20, 2025 | Monitoring Violations - Invalid/Unrepresentative Sample | ST6 |
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.