# ASHLAND ETHANOL, INC.(SOUTHPOINT ETHANOL)
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26725`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $627K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTHPOINT ETHANOL (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SPE OPERATES AN ETHANOL PRODUCTION PLANT IN SOUTH POINT,   OHIO.  SPE RECEIVED ITS PRESENT PERMIT ON JULY 14, 1983.     THIS PERMIT CREATED SPECIFIC EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR SPE'S WASTE DISCHARGES AT OUTFALLS 001 THRU 006.  ACCORDING TO SPE'S     MONTHLY OPERATING REPORTS FROM JULY 1983 THROUGH SEPTEMBER   1987, SPE VIOLATED THESE LIMITS 924 TIMES.  IN PARTICULAR,   SPE VIOLATED THE LIMITS ON BOD5, TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS,     TOTAL RESIDUAL CHLORINE, PH, AND FECAL COLIFORM, AS WELL AS  MONTHLY REPORTING REQUIRMENTS.  SPE HAS HAD AMPLE TIME TO    COMPLY WITH THESE LIMITS SINCE THEY WERE FIRST MADE AWARE OF THE PERMIT LIMITIATIONS IN 1983, AND HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO    TWO OHIO EPA DIRECTOR'S FINAL FINDINGS AND ORDERS (DFFO'S).    THE LITIGATION REPORT RECOMMENDS THE FILING OF A CIVIL     ACTION AGAINST SOUTH POINT ETHANOL (SPE) SOUTH POINT, OHIO.  SPE HAS, ON A CONTINUING BASIS, VIOLATED THE TERMS OF ITS    NPDES PERMIT NUMBER OH0076392.  THE U.S. IS SEEKING BOTH     INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES.

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