EPA v. FULTON COUNTY, GA, BIG CREEK WPCP

Case summary

ON 2/19/88, EPA RECEIVED THE RESPONDENT'S ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT. THE ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 1,513 DRY METRIC TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WERE DISPOSED VIA LAND APPLICATION. BASED ON THE AMOUNT DISPOSED, THE RESPONDENT SHOULD HAVE SUBMITTED DATA OF A MONITORING FREQUENCY OF AT LEAST ONCE PER SIXTY DAYS OR SIX TIMES A YEAR. DATA WERE SUBMITTED FOR LESS THAN THE REQUIRED MONITORING EVENT. THE ANNUAL REPORT DID NOT PROVIDE DATA TO DETERMINE DATA TO DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS. ON 6/4/98, EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE RESPONDENT'S FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND 40 CFR PART 503. THE RESPONDENT OWNS AND OPERATES A POTW IN WHICH THE SEWAGE SLUDGE IS AEROBICALLY TREATED AND DEWATERED. THE SEWAGE SLUDGE IS TRANSPORTED BY A COMMERCIAL HAULER AND LAND APPLIER TO VARIOUS LAND APPLICATION SITES LOCATED IN ALABAMA FOR DISPOSAL. THE REFERENCED EPA INSPECTION IDENTIFIED DEFICIENCIES IN THE AREA OF RECORDKEEPING, MONITORING FREQUENCY, VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIRMENTS, AND SAMPLE HOLDING TIMES.

Defendants (1)

• BIG CREEK WPCPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BIG CREEK WPCP

  1030 MARIETTA HWY, ROSWELL, GA, 30075

  Registry ID: 110005665823

Statutes cited

• CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FULTON COUNTY, GA, BIG CREEK WPCPentered 1998-07-07

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1998-07-07Final Order Issued
• 1998-09-04Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-03-23Enforcement Action Closed