EPA v. MARTINSBURG WV, CITY OF (CITY OF MARTINSBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP))
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On May 12, 2022, EPA, Region III entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order ( CAFO ) with the City of Martinsburg, WV, in which the City will pay $50,000 to settle CWA violations at its publicly-owned wastewater treatment plant ( WWTP ). Previously, on August 3, 2021, Region III filed an Administrative Order on Consent ( AOC ) entered into with the City of Martinsburg, which required the City to correct violations of its NPDES Discharge Permit (Permit No. WV0023167) at its WWTP. Cited violations included: (1) discharges of water exceeding WWTP Permit effluent discharge limitations; (2) outlet characteristics that were prohibited by the WWTP Permit; (3) violations of the Permit's operation and maintenance conditions, and (4) failure to address average monthly flow exceedances in November 2018 through March 2019, resulting in violations of Sections 301 and 402 of the CWA. The original AOC required the City to propose and implement (1) a corrective action plan to achieve compliance milestones within the timeframes outlined in the AOC; and (2) a preventative maintenance plan covering the WWTP's treatment and disinfection processes.
Defendants (1)
- MARTINSBURG WV, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (2)
CITY OF MARTINSBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP)
500 E. JOHN STREET, MARTINSBURG, WV, 25401
Registry ID: 110070681875
CITY OF MARTINSBURG WWTP
500 E JOHN ST, MARTINSBURG, WV, 25402
Registry ID: 110007872533
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MARTINSBURG WV, CITY OF (CITY OF MARTINSBURG WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP))entered 2022-05-12
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $50,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2022-05-12Final Order Issued
- 2022-05-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2022-05-24Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2022-06-16Enforcement Action Closed
- 2022-06-16NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603222006
- Case number
- 03-2022-0064
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 03
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 03-2022-0064 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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