# PIQUA, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30383`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0463
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $21K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $50
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PIQUA, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

00NICIPAL WWTP LAND APPLICATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WITH        EXCESSIVE CADMIUM CONCENTRATIONS, PLUS ANALYTICAL AND        CERTIFICATION VIOLATIONS.                                    BACKGROUND:  ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1997, REGION 5 FILED A COM-    PLAINT AGAINST PIQUA ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 504 OF   THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1345, AND THE CWA SLUDGE REGULATIONS AT   40 C.F.R. PART 503.  THE REGION SOUGHT A TOTAL CIVIL PENALTY OF $36,000 FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS.  IN THE FOUR-COUNT    COMPLAINT, U.S. EPA ALLEGED THAT PIQUA VIOLATED THE ACT BY   FAILING TO: MEET CEILING CONCENTRATION LIMITATIONS FOR       CADMIUM IN LAND-APPLIED SEWAGE SLUDGE, 40 C.F.R. 503.13(A)   (1); SUBMIT CERTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEARS      1994 AND 1995 TO U.S. EPA 40 C.F.R. 503.18; AND UTILIZE      U.S. EPA-APPROVED TEST METHODS TO ANALYZE ITS SLUDGE FOR     INORGANIC POLLUTANTS, 40 C.F.R. 503.8.  ON APRIL 21, 1998,   PIQUA SUBMITTED THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATION STATEMENT TO      COMPLY WITH CERTIFICATION STATEMENT REQUIREMENT              (40 CFR 503.18).

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