EPA v. CITY OF WURTLAND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

Case summary

3/2/09 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. FINDINGS: KDEP ISSUED NPDES PERMIT NO KY0033553 TO WURTLAND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE KY REVISED STATUTES CHAPTER 224.16-0560 AND PURSUANT TO 401 KAR 5:055, SECTIONS 1 AND 5, AND THE CWA. THE PERMIT EXPIRED ON APR 30, 2006. A PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO KDEP IN OCT 2005; A NEW PERMIT HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED TO DATE. THE PERMIT REQUIRES COMPLIANCE WITH THE EFFLUENT LIMITS SET FORT IN THE PERMIT. IN ADDITION, THE PERMIT REQUIRES THAT WURTLAND MONITOR ITS DISCHARGES AND SUBMIT DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS (DMRs) TO KDEP DESCRIBING THE RESULTS OF THE MONITORING. THE DMRs SUBMITTED TO KDEP BY WURTLAND INDICATE THAT WURTLAND HAS DISCHARGED POLLUTANTS IN VIOLATION OF THE TOXICITY LIMITATION ESTABLISHED IN ITS PERMIT DURING THE QUARTERS ENDING MARCH 2006, JUNE 2006, SEPT 2006, SEPT 2007, DECEMBER 2007, MARCH 2008, AND SEPT 2008. ON AUG 6, 2008, EPA SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION LETTER TO WURTLAND REGARDING THESE VIOLATIONS. AS A RESULT, EPA SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION LETTER TO WURTLAND REGARDING THESE VIOLATIONS. EPA AND WURTLAND HELD A SHOW CAUSE MEETING ON NOV 18, 2008.

Defendants (1)

• WURTLAND, KY, CITY OF, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (SB)Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GREENUP JOINT SEWER AGENCY

  101 WURTS RD, WURTLAND, KY, 41144

  Registry ID: 110000759723

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• CITY OF WURTLAND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTentered 2009-03-02

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2009-03-02Final Order Issued
• 2009-03-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-01-01NPDES Closed
• 2010-01-01Enforcement Action Closed