EPA v. PRASA PUERTO NUEVO REGIONAL WWTP
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Compliance action
$8,000
Case summary
RAW SEWAGE DISCHARGES AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE AUTHORIZED IN THE PUERTO NUEVO REGIONAL WWTP NPDES PERMIT, NOT REPORTING INSTANCES OF VIOLATIONS, INTENTIONALLY TAKING A PUMP STATION OUT SERVICE WITH OUT A REQUEST TO EPA CAUSING RAW SEWAGE DISCHARGES INTO THE STREETS, STORM WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM AND INTO JOSEFINA CREEK. PRASA/CAPR SHALL REPAIR, UNCLOG AND CLEAN ALL SEWER PIPELINES AND MANHOLES THAT ARE CAUSING SEWAGE BYPASSES AT THE ANDALUCIA AVENUE SANITARY COLLECTION SYSTEM. SUBMIT TO EPA AND IMPLEMENT, A PMP, A SEWER SYSTEM EVALUATION SURVEY AND A REPORT DETAILING THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ASSOCIATED COSTS WHICH WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER.
Defendants (1)
- PRASA PUERTO NUEVO REGIONAL WWTPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PRASA PUERTO NUEVO REGIONAL WWTP
STATE ROAD #2, KM.2, SAN JUAN, PR, 00936
Registry ID: 110006622823
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
- CWA 308 — Information Request, Records, Entry
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PRASA PUERTO NUEVO REGIONAL WWTPentered 2001-10-24
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2001-10-24Final Order Issued
- 2001-10-24Enforcement Action Closed
- 2002-03-26Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 8780
- Case number
- 02-2002-3009
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- CT
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2002-3009 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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