# DUQUOIN, CITY OF/DUQUOIN WWTP
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31416`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0016
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $2.18M
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DUQUOIN, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

ON NOVEMBER 2, 1998, U.S. EPA ISSUED TO THE CITY OF DUQUOIN  AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, DOCKET NO. V-W-99-AO-01, FOR        NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY'S NPDES      PERMIT AND 40 CFR PART 503.  THE ORDER SPECIFICALLY CITED    EFFLUENT EXCEEDANCES FOR TSS, BOD, AND AMMONIA-N.  THE       CITY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXCESS FLOW LAGOON ON      4/30/99 AT A TOTAL COST OF $375,000.  AS AN INTERIM MEASURE, THE CITY HAS ALSO SEIZED FROM PUBLICALLY DISTRIBUTING ITS    SLUDGE TO PRIVATE CITIZENS AND PLANS TO INCUR ANOTHER        $1,800,000 IN EXPENDITURES IN UPGRADING ITS WWTP IN ORDER    TO COMPLY WITH ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL         REGULATIONS.  THE REGIONAL WATER ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE  ASSURANCE BRANCH PLANS TO ISSUE BY FOURTH QUARTER 1999       A CLASS 2 309(G) ORDER FOR PAST NONCOMPLIANCE.

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