EPA v. NEORSD - NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT

Case summary

REFERRAL IS BEING WRITTEN AND PROCESSED PRIOR TO SENDING TO DOJ. A. BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE CASE NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT (NEORSD) HAS BEEN OPERATING ITS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) IN VIOLATION OF ITS NPDES PERMIT LIMITATIONS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1985, AND CONSEQUENTLY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT. NEORSD IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO MEET ALL OF ITS FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITA TIONS, IN VIOLATION OF THE CWA'S STATUTORY DEADLINE OF JULY 1, 1988. B. CASE OF ACTION NEORSD'S WWTP DISCHARGE IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA. SECTION 309(B) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 319 (B), PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY FOR U.S. EPA TO SEEK PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA, A PERMIT, OR A U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER. C. PROPOSED REMEDY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CWA, NEORSD MUST COM MIT TO A FIXED JUDICIALLY ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULE TO MEET FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN ITS NPDES PERMIT AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. CONSENT DECREE ENTERED 9-22-98; $40,000 PENALTY

Defendants (1)

• NEORSDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SD *

  3826 EUCLID AVE, CLEVELAND, OH, 44115

  Registry ID: 110017611645

Statutes cited

• CWA 402 — Clean Water Act
• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NEORSD - NORTHEAST OHIOentered 1998-09-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $40,000

Timeline (9 milestones)

• 1988-08-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1988-10-08Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1989-05-09Returned To Region
• 1989-09-28Rereferred
• 1990-08-02Final Order Lodged
• 1990-08-02Complaint Filed With Court
• 1998-09-22Final Order Entered
• 1998-12-01Concluded
• 1998-12-01Enforcement Action Closed