# ENZYME BIO-SYSTEMS LTD.
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30295`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0357
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
- **Penalty assessed:** $46K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ENZYME BIO-SYSTEMS LTD. (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA  OR  ACT ) REFERRAL IS BASED ON   VIOLATIONS BY ENZYME BIO-SYSTEMS LTD. ( EB ) OF PRETREATMENT STANDARDS SET FORTH IN ITS INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMIT,      ISSUED BY THE CITY OF BELOIT, WI. UNDER THE TERMS OF 40      C.F.R. SEC. 403.5(D), THESE PERMIT LIMITS CONSTITUTE PRE-    TREATMENT STANDARDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 307(D) OF    THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SEC. 1317(D). CONSEQUENTLY,   EB'S VIOLATIONS OF ITS INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE PERMIT ARE       VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 307 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT. ON NUMEROU S OCCASIONS BETWEEN NOVEMBER, 1994, AND APRIL, 1997, EB      EXCEEDED ITS PERMIT LIMITS FOR BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND      ( BOD ) AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS ( TSS ). LIMITS ON THESE  TYPES OF POLLUTANT PARAMETERS ARE SET IN ORDER TO PREVENT    INTERFERENCE WITH THE OPERATIONS OF PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTWS) AND THE PASS THROUGH OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE    WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. WHILE EPA HAS NO EVIDENCE THAT  EB'S EXCEEDANCES OF PRETREATMENT LIMITS HAVE CAUSED INTER-   FERENCE OR PASS THROUGH AT THE BELOIT POTW TO DATE, NEVER-   THELESS, CONTINUED VIOLATIONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE    A BREAKDOWN IN THE BELOIT POTW'S NORMAL OPERATIONS AND A     DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS INTO THE ROCK RIVER. EPA ISSUED      FINDINGS OF VIOLATIONS AND AN ORDER FOR COMPLIANCE TO EB ON  FEBRUARY 6, 1997. IN RESPONSE TO THE ORDER, EB HAS TAKEN     STEPS WHICH EPA BELIEVES SHOULD PREVENT FURTHER VIOLATIONS   OF PRETREATMENT LIMITS. CONSEQUENTLY

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