# FAIRBORN, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31099`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0506
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FAIRBORN RECLAMATION CENTER (complaint) (settlement)
- FAIRBORN, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE SUBJECT FACILITY APPLIED ITS SLUDGE DURING THE 4         QUARTERS OF THE YEAR 1994 WITHOUT MEETING ANY OF THE         VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION ALTERNATIVES, AS REQUIRED IN     40 CFR, PART 503.33 (B).                                     ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1998, U.S. EPA ISSUED A PRE-FILING NOTICE   LETTER TO FAIRBORN INDICATING THAT WE WERE PREPARED TO FILE  AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST FAIRBORN.  THE LETTER    NOTED THAT U.S. EPA INTENDED TO ALLEGE THAT FAIRBORN APPLIED TO AGRICULTURAL LAND SEWAGE SLUDGE THAT DID NOT MEET THE     VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF THE CLEAN WATER  ACT REGULATIONS.  IN RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER AND ADDITIONAL  U.S. EPA QUESTIONS, FAIRBORN PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT   OF INFORMATION TO THE AGENCY ON THE ISSUES OF WHETHER IT WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS DURING THE RELEVANT  TIME PERIOD, AND WHETHER IT DID IN FACT COMPLY WITH THE      REGULATIONS.  U.S. EPA WAS NOT CONVINCED THAT FAIRBORN HAD   NOT VIOLATED THE REGULATIONS IN ISSUE, BUT THE FAIRBORN'S    INFORMATION SHED LIGHT ON THE APPROPRIATE PENALTY AND A      SETTLEMENT WAS ULTIMATELY REACHED BEFORE THE FILING OF THE   COMPLAINT.                                                   A COMPLAINT AND A CACO HAVE BEEN FILED ON THE SAME DATE.     THE PENALTY SOUGHT IN THE COMPLAINT WAS $4,500.  ACCORDING   TO THE TERMS OF THE CACA, FAIRBORN WILL PAY $4,500 IN PEN-   ALTIES WITH 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF CACO.           A CCDS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO CARL ON 

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