EPA v. INDIANA & MICHIGAN POWER COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$70,000
Case summary
THIS CASE INVOLVES VIOLATIONS OF A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA). IN PARTICULAR, THE CASE INVOLVES NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF THE PERMIT'S LIMIT ON THE DISCHARGE OF TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS(TSS). THE RECEIVING WATERWAY IS THE WABASH RIVER ALONG THE LENGTH AT WHICH IT FORMS A BORDER BETWEEN ILLINOIS AND INDIANA, THE PERMIT NUMBER IS IN0002178.
Defendants (1)
- INDIANA & MICHIGAN POWER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
BREED SOLID FILL SITE GENERATING PLANT
SR 63 1 1/2 MI S, FAIRBANKS, IN, 47849
Registry ID: 110010739193
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
INDIANA & MICHIGAN POWER COMPANYentered 1995-06-22
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $70,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 1993-09-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1994-02-10Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1995-06-22Final Order Issued
- 1995-08-16Compliance Achieved
- 1995-08-16Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 28752
- Case number
- 05-1994-0067
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- AWTGL
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-1994-0067 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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