# OKLAHOMA ORDNANCE WORKS AUTHORITY
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `35292`
- **Case Number:** 06-1991-0111
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $750K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- OKLAHOMA ORDNANCE WORKS AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
- STATE OF OKLAHOMA
## Summary

OKLAHOMA ORDNANCE WORKS AUTHORITY (OOWA) IS A PUBLIC       TRUST WHICH OPERATES A PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS        (POTW) LOCATED IN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE   MID-AMERICA INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN PRYOR, OKLAHOMA.            THIS ACTION IS BROUGHT AGAINST OOWA FOR EFFLUENT           VIOLATIONS FROM JANUARY 1986 TO MARCH 1991; FAILURE TO       SUBMIT A PERMIT APPLICATION 180 DAYS PRIOR TO THE            EXPIRATION DATE OFO THE EFFECTIVE PERMIT; FAILURE TO         DEVELOP AND COMPLETE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PRETREATMENT        PROGRA; AND, FAILURE TO COMPLETE REVISION AND ISSUANCE OF    INDUSTRIAL USER CONTRACTS AS REQUIRED.  DEFENDANT'S          EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS INCLUDE THE POLLUTANTS EXCEEDANCE OF     THE PARAMETERS FOR BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AND TOTAL       SUSPENDED SOLIDS.                                              DURING NOVEMBER 1990, THE EPA RECEIVED A CITIZEN COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE DISCHARGE OF TOXIC ORGANICS AND METALS INTO   THE CHOUTEAU CREEK AND NEOSHO RIVER FROM THE OOWA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.  ON DECEMBER 12, 1990, EPA PERFORMED A     JOINT COMPLIANCE INSPECTION, ALL AREAS EVALUATED WERE        UNSATISFACTORY (PERMIT, RECORDS/REPORTS, FACILITY SITE       REVIEW, FLOW MEASUREMENT, LABORATORY, EFFLUENT, COMPLIANCE   SCHEDULE, SELF-MONITORING, O&M, AND SLUDGE).  IN ADDITION,   IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFENDANT FAILED TO DEVELOP       AND IMPLEMENT AN INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, AND        ISSUE REVISED INDUSTRIAL USER CONTRACT

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