# HOLLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT (WWTP) PLANT, HOLLAND, MI
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `32484`
- **Case Number:** 05-2000-0479
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $95K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HOLLAND WWTP (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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