PRASA IS IN VIOLATION OF NUMEROUS NSPS AND CLEAN AIR ACT REQUIREMENTS.
Added a Consent Decree Enforcement Amendment for 06/30/2003. PRASA violated the NSPS Subpart O Standard for Particulate Matter and violated the Puerto Rico SIP; PRASA failed to conduct NSPS performance tests for MHF Unit #1; failed to calibrate and maintain sludge flow measuring device; failed to properly operate and maintain control equipment and to maintain proper records; and failed to submit reports required by 40 C.F.R. Sections 60.7 & 60.155. In settlement of these violations, PRASA agreed to pay a civil penalty and conduct a SEP. PRASA failed to conduct the SEP and submit the SEP completion report in accordance with the Consent Decree. Pursuant to the decree, PRASA is liable for stipulated penalties. This action seeks the enforcement of the Consent Decree to collect those stipulated penalties.
Case Number 02-2003-0025 was originally created for this action but is being deleted.
The original CD concerned Clean Air Act (CAA) violations at the Puerto Nuevo facility. As part of the settlement, PRASA agreed to perform a SEP at the Bayamon facility where there were no CAA violations. PRASA failed to perform the SEP in a timely manner at the Puerto Nuevo facility and EPA enforced the original 2001 CD. Our enforcement of the decree resulted in the Stipulation and Order which requires PRASA to complete the SEP at Bayamon and pay stipulated penalties for their prior delay in performing the S