EPA v. MURFREESBORO SINKING CREEK STP
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$10,000
Case summary
NATURE OF THE CASE: THE MURFREESBORO-SINKING CREEK STP HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS VIOLATION OF EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD), AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS), AMMONIA-NITROGEN, FECAL COLIFORM AND NICKEL DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY 1983 THROUGH JUNE 1984. THE FACILITY HAS VIOLATED AT LEAST THREE EFFLUENT PARAMETERS IN EACH OF THE LAST NINETEEN MONTHS (1/83-6/84). RECOMMENDED ACTION: BASED ON THE MAGNITUDE AND LONGEVITY OF THE INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS CASE BE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR IN- ITIATION OF CIVIL ACTION.
Defendants (1)
- MURFREESBORO, TN, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
MURFREESBORO-SINKING CRK STP
THOMPSON LN, MURFREESBORO, TN, 37130
Registry ID: 110010689273
Statutes cited
- CWA 301A — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MURFREESBORO, CITY OFentered 1985-04-30
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $10,000
Timeline (8 milestones)
- 1984-11-05Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1984-12-18Referred TO U.S. Attorney
- 1985-02-22Complaint Filed With Court
- 1985-04-30Final Order Lodged
- 1985-04-30Final Order Entered
- 1985-04-30Concluded
- 1989-05-30Enforcement Action Closed
- 1998-07-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 20204
- Case number
- 04-1984-0017
- DOJ docket
- 90-5-1-1-2255
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- CER
- EPA region
- 04
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-1984-0017 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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