EPA v. WEST VIRGINIA USED AUTO PARTS
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$5,685
Case summary
HONG KIM, OWNER AND OPERATOR OF WEST VIRGINIA AVENUE USED AUTO PARTS, AN AUTO SALVAGE, SCRAP AND WASTE MERATIAL HANDLING OPERATION, VIOLATED THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS (CONTAMINATED STORM WATER RUNOFF/AUTOMOTIVE FLUID INTO D.C.'S MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM. RESPONDENT DOES NOT HAVE AN NPDES STORM WATER PERMIT REQUIRED TO DO SO.
Defendants (1)
- WEST VIRGINIA USED AUTO PARTSNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WEST VIRGINIA AVENUE AUTO PARTS INCORPORATED
2130 WEST VIRGINIA AVENUE NORTHEAST, WASHINGTON, DC, 200021834
Registry ID: 110029007429
Statutes cited
- CWA 402 — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
WEST VIRGINIA USED AUTO PARTSentered 2000-04-06
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $5,685
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1999-03-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1999-06-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2000-04-06Final Order Issued
- 2000-07-06Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 18467
- Case number
- 03-1999-0098
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 3RC41
- EPA region
- 03
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-1999-0098 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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