EPA v. MOUNTAIN TOP PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT

Case summary

On September 25, 2024, Region 3 issued an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) to Mountain Top Public Service District (Respondent), pertaining to three domestic wastewater treatment systems in Bayard, West Virginia, Gormania, West Virginia, and Elk Garden, West Virginia. Representatives of the EPA conducted an inspection on December 7, 2022, of Respondent's three wastewater treatment systems, and noted exceedances in discharge monitoring reports, and noncompliance sampling, and operation and maintenance requirement under the Respondent's NPDES Discharge Permit No. WV0101524. Under the terms of the AOC, the Respondent agreed to make changes to come into compliance with the NPDES permit. The EPA consulted with West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. The site is not in an area of potential EJ concern.

Defendants (1)

• MOUNTAIN TOP PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• MOUNTAIN TOP PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT

  4150 BISMARK RD, MOUNT STORM, WV, 26739

  Registry ID: 110071846105

• BAYARD, GORMANIA, & ELK GARDEN

  171 FIRST STREET, BAYARD, GORMANIA, WV, 26707

  Registry ID: 110009117687

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MOUNTAIN TOP PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICTentered 2024-09-25

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2024-09-25Final Order Issued
• 2024-09-25Enforcement Action Data Entered