EPA v. NEWPORT UTILITIES
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
5/12/11 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7,500 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: RESPONDENT VIOLATED CWA 405(e) BY LAND APPLYING SEWAGE SLUDGE WITHIN MONITORING THE PATHOGEN DENSITY AT THE MINIMUM FREQUENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 503.16(a)(1).
Defendants (1)
- NEWPORT UTILITIESNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NEWPORT STP
465 LISEGA BLVD.(MAILING P.O. BOX 519, NEWPORT, NEWPORT, TN, 37821
Registry ID: 110000757379
Statutes cited
- CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NEWPORT UTILITIESentered 2011-05-12
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $7,500
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2011-05-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2011-05-12Final Order Issued
- 2011-05-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2011-06-07NPDES Closed
- 2011-06-07Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 2600021002
- Case number
- 04-2011-4504
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Sewage Sludge Disposal
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2011-4504 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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