3/16/05 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $1,000.
VIOLATION: EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT HAS DISCHARGED UNTREATED SANITARY SEWAGE CONTAINING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. FROM ITS SANITARY SEWAGE COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS WHICH WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT. SUCH DISCHARGES OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 28, 1999 TO JUNE 4, 2004, A TOTAL OF 43 TIMES. THEREFORE, EPA ALLEGES THAT BECAUSE RESPONDENT HAS DISCHARGED UNTREATED SANITARY SEWAGE CONTAINING POLLUTANTS INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. AT LOCATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT, RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED SECTION 301(a) OF THE CWA.