EPA v. POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (PEPCO)
Case summary
POTOMAC ELECTRIC COMPANY'S BENNING GENERATING STATION EXCEEDED ITS NPDES PERMIT LIMITS (BOTH MONLY AVERAGE AND DAILY MAXIMUM) FOR ZINC AT OUTFALL 202 AND AT OUTFALL 203 IN JUNE 2008. IN ADDITION, SAMPLES WERE NOT COLLECTED, PRESERVED, AND TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR PART 136.
Defendants (1)
- BENNING ENERATING STATIONNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
PEPCO BENNING GENERATING STATION
3400 BENNING ROAD NE, WASHINGTON, DC, 20019
Registry ID: 110000499531
PEPCO BENNING GENERATING STATION
3400 BENNING ROAD NE, WASHINGTON, DC, 20019
Registry ID: 110000499531
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
- CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (PEPCO)entered 2009-04-27
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 2009-04-27Final Order Issued
- 2009-05-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 1400044408
- Case number
- 03-2009-0124
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2009-0124 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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