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ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA

Administrative - Formal · FY2014 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 3400180569

Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2014-4510
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

10/17/2014 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $23,200, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER (CWA-04-2014-4762) ALLEGING THAT RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND ITS NPDES PERMIT. RESPONDENT ASSERTED IN THE AOC THAT THE NUMBER OF SSOs HAS BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARD AND THAT THE NUMBER OF SSOs THAT OCCURRED IN 2013/2014 IS LESS THAN 40% OF THE NUMBER OF SSOs THAT OCCURRED IN 2008/2009. RESPONDENT ASSERTED THTA THE DOWNWARD TREND IN SSO EVENTS IS A RESULT OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTIPLE CMOM PROGRAMS CONCENTRATION ON REDUCING SSOs IN THE WCTS. THE AOC ALLEGED THAT THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED CWA SECTION 301(a) BY DISCHARGING UNTREATED WASTEWATER CONTAINING POLLUTANTS TO NAVIGABLE WATERS AT LOCATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT. THE AOC FURTHER ALLEGED THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED CONDITION II.A.1 OF THE PREMITS BY FAILING TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS WCTSs RESULTING IN SSOs THAT INCLUDED DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS TO NAVIGABLE WATERS AT POINT SOURCE LOCATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT.

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