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IDABEL, CITY OF

Judicial · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34366

$20K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1988-0123
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

SYNOPSIS: * THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY OF IDABEL, OK, FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 USC 1251, ET SEQ. * IDABEL HAS A POPULATION OF APPROX 7,600. VIOLATIONS CON- CERN IDABEL'S 2.5 MILLION GALLON PER DAY WASTE WATER TREAT- MENT PLANT THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING W/TREATMENT UNITS BYPAS- SED DURING DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS RESULTING IN BYPASSERS OF UNTREATED WASTEATER INTO MUD CREEK BOTH AT THE POTW AND IN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM DURING WET WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS ACTION SEEKS A MINIMUM PENALTY OF $20,000 FOR BYPASSES OF THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, INFLOW AND INFILTRATION OF THE COLLECTION LINES, PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, IMPROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND INADEQUATE REPORTING. IN- JUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDE A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE TO COM- PLETE TREATMENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS AND TO COMPLETE COLLEC- TION LINES, PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, IMPROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND INADEQUATE REPORTING. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDES A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE TREATMENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS AND TO COMPLETE COLLECTION LINE REHABILITATION PLUS INTERIM LIMITATIONS FOR BOD AND TSS TO ACCOMMODATE ELIMINATION OF BYPASS OF UNTREATED WASTE WATER FROM THE TREATEMENT PLANT DURI

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