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Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 6429

$12K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-1998-0075
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

RESPONDENT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH PERMIT REQUIREMENTS WHICH REQUIRE IT TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC LOCAL LIMITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 403.5. APO ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $137,500 AGAINST PRASA, FOR VIOLATING THE INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM (IPP) IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS BY FAILING TO COMPLETE A TECHNICAL EVALUATION OF LOCAL LIMITS AND TO HAVE IN PLACE IN INDUSTRIAL USER FINAL PERMITS TECHNICALLY SOUND AND DEFENSIBLE LOCAL LIMITS BY THE REQUIRED DEADLINES FOR THE SEVEN FACILITIES. PRASA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL LIMITS TO ENSURE THAT INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES WILL NOT CAUSE PASS THROUGH OR INTERFERENCE. IN ACCRDANCE WITH 40 CFR 122.21(J)(4), LOCAL LIMITS MUST BE RE-EVALUATED DUR- ING THE NPDES PERMIT RENEWAL PROCESSES. PRASA HAS FAILED TO DO SO FOR THE SEVEN FACILITIES.

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