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HOLLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT (WWTP) PLANT, HOLLAND, MI

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 32484

$95K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-2000-0479
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

JULY 5, 2000, U.S. EPA FILED A COMPLAINT FOR $137,500 AGAINST THE CITY OF HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF CWA SECTIONS 301 ANMD 405(E). THE COMPLAINT ALLEGED THAT THE CITY OF HOLLAND'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT COMMITTED THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS: (1) ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FROM JULY 1995 TO JANUARY 2000, DISCHARGED POLLUTANTS IN AMOUNTS THAT EXCEEDED THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN NATIONAL POLLUTANT ELIMINATION DISCHARGE SYSTEM(NPDES) PERMIT NO. 0023108 (PERMIT); (2) IN 1995 AND 1996, USED AN IMPROPER METHOD TO ANALYZE SAMPLES FOR LEAD IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 503.8(B)(4); (3) IN 1996, MONITORED SEWAGE SLUDGE FOR MER- CURY, SELENIUM, ARSENIC, AND MOLYBEDENUM ONLY FIVE TIMES WHEN IT WAS REQUIRED TO MONITOR FOR THESE CONSTITUENTS SIX TIMES PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. 503.16(A); (4) ON NUMEROUS OCCASION FROM MARCH 1996 TO DECEMBER 1999, FAILED TO MEET THE CLASS B PATHOGEN REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS USING LIME STABILIZATION IN VIOLATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF 40 C.F.R 503.15(A), 503.32(B)(1)(I), 503.32(B)(3), AND PART 503, APP. B(A)(5); AND (5) FOR CALENDAR YEARS 1995 TO 1999, FAILED TO SUBMIT ACCURATE CERTIFICATIONS THAT IT MET CLASS B PATHOGEN AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS IN VIOLATION OF 40 C.F.R. 503.17 (A)(4)(I)(B). HOLLAND EXCEEDED ITS EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR DO, TSS, MERCURY, CBOD5, FECAL COLIFORM, % REMOVAL OF TSS FOR A PERIOD FROM 6/1995 THROUGH 12/1999 I

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