# BLUFFTON POTW
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30854`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0208
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $30K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BLUFFTON POTW (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BLUFFTON VIOLATED ITS NPDES PERMIT FOR THE ABOVE POLLUTANTS  AND AILED TO TIMELY SUBMIT A COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW OPERAT- IONAL PLAN AS REQUIRED BY ITS PERMIT.  AN ADMINISTRATIVE     COMPLAINT WAS FILED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1999, PROPOSING A       CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY OF $127,500.                    RESPONDENT DISCHARGED POLLUTANTS IN AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDED     THE LIMITS SET FORTH IN ITS NPDES PERMITS, AND ALSO FAILED   TO SUBMIT AN ACCEPTABLE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW OPERATIONAL  PLAN TO THE INDIANA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT        (IDEM).  RESPONDENT ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE WITH THE EFFLUENT    LIMITATIONS IN IS PERMIT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE COMPLAINT  BY CONSTRUCTING AN ADDITION TO ITS EXISTING WASTEWATER       TREATMENT PLANT.  REGION 5 ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COM-     PLAINT PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $127,000.  IN CONSIDERATION    OF RESPONDENT'S AGREEMENT TO PERFORM A VALUABLE SEP, THE     CASE WAS SETTLED FOR PAYMENT OF $30,000 AND PERFORMANCE OF   THE SEP.  RESPONDENT HAS ALSO SUBMITTED A REVISED CSO        OPERATIONAL PLAN TO IDEM.

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