EPA v. SUMMERVILLE, GA, CITY OF (WPCP)

Case summary

9/4/2007 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: THE RESPONDENT SUBMITTED TO EPA THE ANNUAL ALUDGE REPORT, DATED JANUARY 23, 2007, COVERING CALENDAR YEAR 2006. THE 2006 ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT INDICATED DURING FIRST QUARTER 2006, THE RESPONDENT LAND APPLIED APPROXIMATELY 164 DRY METRIC TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN WHICH THE COPPER CONCENTRATION WAS 6,300 MG/KG. THIS CONCENTRATION EXCEEDED THE COPPER CEILING CONCENTRATION OF 4,300 MG/KG IN TABLE 1 OF SECTION 503.13. THE LAND APPLICATION OF THIS SEWAGE SLUDGE DURING FIRST QUARTER 2006 IS A VIOLATION OF CWA SECTION 405 AND 40 C.F.R. SECTION 503.13.

Defendants (1)

• SUMMERVILLE, GA, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SUMMERVILLE, CITY OF (SUMMERVILLE WPCP)

  470 RED OAK RD, SUMMERVILLE, GA, 30747

  Registry ID: 110039877005

Statutes cited

• CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SUMMERVILLE, GA, CITY OF (WPCP)entered 2007-09-04

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $4,000

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2007-09-04Final Order Issued
• 2007-09-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2007-09-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2007-09-26NPDES Closed
• 2007-09-26Enforcement Action Closed