# CITY OF CLINTON WWTP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30672`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0825
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CITY OF CLINTON (settlement)
## Summary

SECTION 405(D) OF LEAN WATER ACT COMPLAINT AGAINST THE      CITY OF CLINTON, INDIANA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT          THROUGH ISSUANCE OF A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND CONSENT ORDER    FOR FULL COMPLIANCE AND PAYMENT OF A $1,000PENALTY.          IMPACT;  ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1997, U.S. EPA ISSUED AN           ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AND NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR       HEARING PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT    (CWA) TO THE CITY OF CLINTON, INDIANA WASTEWATER TREATMENT   PLANT (CLINTON).  IN THE COMPLAINT, U.S. EPA CITED CLINTON   FOR ITS FAILURE TO MEET CEILING CONCENTRATION LIMITATIONS    FOR CADMIUM.  THE COMPLAINT PROPOSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF      $3,000.  FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS WITH CLINTON, CLINTON HAS    SIGNED A CACO THAT RESOLVES THIS MATTER.  THE TERMS OF THE   CACO REQUIRES FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE   CWA AND A CIVIL PENALTY OF $1,000.                           BACKGROUND;  IN ITS COMPLAINT, U.S. EPA ALLEGED THAT         CLINTON WAS SUBJECT TO THE  STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR         DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE  WHICH WERE PROMULGATED PURSUANT   TO SECTION SECTION 405(D) OF THE CWA AND ARE CODIFIED AT     40 C.F.R., PART 503.  THE REGULATIONS APPLY WHEN WASTEWATER  SLUDGE IS APPLIED TO LAND AND ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT    WASTEWATER SLUDGE APPLIED TO LAND DOES NOT CONTAIN           POLLUTANTS IN EXCESS OF FEDERALLY SET CONCENTRATION LIMITS.  SPECIFIC TO THIS CASE, THE REGULATIONS PROHIBIT THE          APPLICATION OF BULK SEWAGE SLUDGE TO 

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