2/13/07 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. EPA ALLEGES THAT CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG UTILITIES HAS VIOLATED SECTION 301(a) OF THE CWA IN THAT CMU HAS DISCHARGED UNTREATED SANITARY SEWAGE CONTAINING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES AT LOCATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT. EPA ALLEGES THAT CMU HAS VIOLATED PART II., SECTION C., PARAGRAPH 2. OF ITS NPDES PERMITS BY FAILING TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE COLLECTION SYSTEMS RESULTING IN SANITARY SEWAGE OVERFLOWS ( SSOs ). WHILE NEITHER ADMITTING NOR DENYING THESE ALLEGING VIOLATIONS AND FINDINGS, CMU VOLUNTARILY AND IN GOOD FAITH CONSENTS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ORDER IN AN EFFORT TO ELIMINATE AND DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SSOs INCLUDING DISCHARGES OF SANITARY SEWAGE TO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. ENFORCEMENT ACTION CLOSED 08/16/2012.