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PLAINVIEW, CITY OF POTW

Judicial · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 41502

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Case

Case Number
06-2001-3713
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-07661
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319. 2. CITY OF PLAINVIEW, A TEXAS MUNICIPALITY ADJACENT TO RUNNING WATER DRAW, 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 70 AND STATE HIGHWAY LOOP 445 PLAINVIEW, HALE COUNTY, TEXAS 79072 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA BY VIOLATING ITS PERMIT OVER 1900 TIMES BY DISCHARGING WASTEWATER INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. IN EXCESS OF ITS PER- MITTED EFFLUENT LIMITS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE CWA, EPA SUBMITTED A DIRECT REFERRAL REQUESTING DOJ INITIATE A CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ACTION FOR INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF AGAINST THE RESPONDENT. EPA IS SEEKING AN INJUNCTION WHICH WOULD IMPLEMENT A COMPLIANCE PLAN THAT ASSURED COM- PLIANCE BY OCT. 2003. THE PROPOSED BOTTOM-LINE PENALTY IS $419,095.

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