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AMITE, TOWN OF

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37506

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Cost recovery
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Case

Case Number
06-1997-0680
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3). 2. TOWN OF AMITE 212 EAST OAK STREET AMITE, TANGIPAHOA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70422 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA AND PARTS I.A. AND II.A.1.A.4. OF ITS PERMIT BY EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF THE PERMIT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND AND BY FAILING TO IMPLEMENT CONTROLS ON THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS WHICH ARE CAUSING PASS THROUGH AND/OR INTER- FERENCE AT THE TREATMENT WORKS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RE- SPONDENT TO 1) CONDUCT A TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF THE TREATMENT PLANT AND COLLECTION SYSTEM, INCLUDING DETAILED ANALYSES OF TREATMENT PLANT INFLUENT, EFFLUENT, AND IN- DIVIDUAL PROCESS DISCHARGES, AND SLUDGE QUALITY, TO DE- TERMINE IF SPECIFIC LIMITS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO PREVENT PASS THROUGH AND/OR INTERFERENCE AT THE PLANT AND TO ENFORCE THE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PROHIBITIONS IN THE PERMI, 2) WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AO, SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY AND ANY SPECIFIC LIM- ITS DEVELOPED AND IDENTIFY ALL INDUSTRIAL USERS REQUIRED BY PERMIT TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL LIMITS, AND 3) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC

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