# SHAWNEE #2 WWTP
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27895`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0013
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SHAWNEE #2 WWTP
## Summary

VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA, 33 USC SS 1251 ET SEQ., BY ALLEN      COUNTY, OHIO (THE  COUNTY  OR  DEFENDANT , AND THE STATE OF  STATE OF OHIO, AT THE AMERICAN BATH WWTP, AND THE SHAWNEE #2 WWTP, IN ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO.  THE USEPA RECOMMENDS THE INI-  TIATION OF A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE  OF OHIO, UNDER SECT 309B OF THE CWA, 33 USC S1319B, SEEKING  CIVIL PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.                       -                                                            THE COUNTY OWNS AND OPERATES THE PLANTS, WHICH ARE OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITS IN THEIR NPDES PERMITS.  COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE LIMITS IS NECESSARY TO ENSURE ATTAIN-  MENT OF THE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR THE OTTAWA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARY PIKE RUN.  UNLESS CORRECTIVE ACTION IS ORDERED THE REGION BELIEVES THAT THE COUNTY WILL NOT ACHIEVE COM-    LIANCE WITH THE NPDES PERMITS IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.     -                                                            PURSUANT TO SECT 309E OF THE CWA, 33 USC S1319E, USEPA HAS   INCLUDED THE STATE OF OHIO AS A PARTY BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT  COUNTY IS A MUNICIPALITY AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY SECT 502 (4) OF THE CWA, 33 USC S1362(4).  THE STATE OF OHIO MAY BE   LIABLE FOR EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE COUNTY AS A RESULT OF    THIS CASE.                                                   -                                                            USEPA, REGION V REQUESTS PRE-FILING SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY IN  THIS CASE.  IN ADDITION, WE REQUEST 

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