# MURPHYSBORO, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31170`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0586
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $6K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MURPHYSBORO, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

VIOLATIONS OF CWA SECTION 502, FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER      SLUDGE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES.                                COMPLAINANT FILED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT DOCKET NO. 5-CWA- 98-019 ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, CITING RESPONDENT FOR VIOLAT-  IONS OF THE ACT PURSUANT TO SECTION 405(D) AND (E) AND       PROPOSED A FINE FOR $45,000 ALLEGING RESPONDENT VIOLATED     SECTION 503.8 (B) BY FAILING TO USE THE METHODS SPECIFIED    IN US EPA PUBLICATION SW-846 FOR ANALYSIS OF INORGANIC       POLLUTANTS AND FAILURE TO MEET THE POLLUTANT LIMITS SET      FORTH IN 503.13 WHEN PREPARING AND APPLING BULK SEWAGE       SLUDGE TO AGRICULTURAL LAND ON JULY 1, 1996.  THE COMPLAINT  FURTHER ALLEGED RESPONDENT VIOLATED 503.17(A)(1) AMD (A)(4)  IN 1994. 1995, 1996, AND 1997 BY FAILING TO DEVELOP AND      RETAIN FOR FIVE YEARS CERTIFICATION STATEMENTS INDICATING    THAT RESPONDENT WAS MEETING CLASS A AND B PATHOGEN AND       VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO 503.32  AND 503.33.  ON MARCH 1, 1999, SETTLEMENT OF THIS ACTION AND AGREEMENT TO SETTLE THIS ACTION THROUGH THE FILING OF        CACO DOCKET NO. 5-CWA-019-98 WAS FILED WITH THE REGIONAL     HEARING CLERK ASSESSING A FINAL PENALTY AMOUNT OF $6,000.

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