# WELLSTON, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26412`
- **Case Number:** 05-1987-0171
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $17K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- WELLSTON, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                          THE CITY OF WELLSTON, OHIO ( CITY  OR  WELLSTON ), AN   OHIO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION LOCATED IN JACKSON COUNTY, OH.,   OWNED AND OERATES THE WELLSTON NORTH WASTEWATER TREATMENT ,  PLANT ( PLANT ) LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RHODE ISLAND  AVE. AND 13TH STREET, WELLSTON, OH.  THIS PLANT SERVES A     CONNECTED POPULATION OF ABOUT 6,000 RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS    SOME COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOURCES.                           WELLSTON HAS BEEN IN SIGNIFICANT VIOLATION OF ITS NAT-  IONAL POLLUTANT DISCHATGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT  REQUIREMENTS SINCE MAY, 1980.  THE EXISTING PERMIT, NO.      OH0023507 (ATTACHMENT A), BECAME EFFECTIVE ON 8/23/85.  THIS  PERMIT, AS WELL AS PAST PERMITS, ESTABLISHES FINAL EFFLU-   ENT LIMITATIONS, REQUIRES THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT ITS APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, AND REQUIRES THE SUBMISSION OF MONTHLY OPERATING REPORTS TO THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION       AGENCY (OEPA).                                               1.  STATUTE U.S.C. SECTION 1311                              2.  NAME AND LOCATION OF DEFENDANT:                              CITY OF WELLSTON                                             203 E. BROADWAY                                              WELSTON, OHIO  45692                                     3.  VIOLATION:  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH STATE-ISSUE NPDES                     PERMIT IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE                    FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, 33 

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