# AKRON, OHIO - CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26768`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0054
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $191K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- AKRON, OHIO - CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

VIOLATING INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS OF NPDES PERMIT.           THE CITY OF AKRON, OHIO ( CITY  OR  AKRON ) A MUNICIPAL    CORP. LOCATED IN SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO, OWNS AND OPERATES A    PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS ( POTW ).  THE POTW, WHICH IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE CITY, TREATS WASTEWATER FROM RESI-  DENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOURCES, AS WELL AS STORM WATER FROM THE COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM.  THE POTW DISCHARGES   INTO THE CUYAHOGA RIVER, WHICH EMPTIES INTO LAKE ERIE.         THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( OEPA ) REISSUED A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM ( NPDES )  PERMIT, NO. OH0023833, TO AKRON ON NOVEMBER 28, 1984.        ATTACHMENT A.  THE PERMIT CONTAINED FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS    WHICH WERE EFFECTIVE UPON ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT.  THE OEPA  MODIFIED THE PERMIT ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1986, TO INCLUDE INITIAL AND INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS AND A SCHEDULE UNDER WHICH AKRON IS TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH ITS FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS NO   LATER THAN JULY 1, 1988.  ATTACHMENT B.  THE PERMIT EXPIRES  NOVEMBER 25, 1989.                                             THE PERMIT ESTABLISHED EFFLUENT LIMITS FOR A NUMBER OF PA- RAMETERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN  DEMAND ( BOD ), SUSPENDED SOLIDS ( SS ), AMMONIA, ZINC, PHO- SPHORUS, CADMIUM, COPPER AND MERCURY.  MONTHLY OPERATION RE- PORTS ( MORS ) PREPARED BY AKRON SHOW THAT THE CITY REPEATED LY HAD VIOLATED THE LIMITS FOR THESE AND OTHER PARAMETERS    SINCE JANUARY, 1985.  ATTACHMENT E.   

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