EPA v. NORTH CHARLESTON SEWER DISTRICT FELIX C. DAVIS WWTP

Case summary

9/27/06 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $29,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: RESPONDENT'S 2005 ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (321) DMT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WERE INCINERATED AT THE FELIX C. DAVIS WWTP. RESPONDENT INSTALLED AN INSTRUMENT TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR FOR CARBON MONOXIDE OF THE INCINERATOR EXIT GAS AT THE FELIX C. WWTP ON JULY 20, 2005. THE INCINERATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN A SEWAGE SLUDGE INCINERATOR WITHOUT MONITORING CONTINUOUSLY FOR CARBON MONOXIDE OF THE EXIT GAS FROM A SLUDGE INCINERATOR STACK IS A VIOLATION OF CWA SECTION 405(e).

Defendants (1)

• NORTH CHARLESTON SEWER DISTRICTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NCSD FELIX C DAVIS WWTP

  1000 HERBERT ST, N CHARLESTON, SC, 294059320

  Registry ID: 110000575422

Statutes cited

• CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NORTH CHARLESTON SEWER DISTRICT FELIX C. DAVIS WWTPentered 2006-09-27

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $29,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2006-09-27Final Order Issued
• 2006-09-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2006-09-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2006-10-11Enforcement Action Closed