EPA v. OAK TREE VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK
Final Order With Penalty & Specified Cost Recovery
Penalty assessed
$765,000
Compliance action
$600,000
Case summary
DEFENDANT VIOLATED ITS NPDES PERMIT FOR OVER 4,165 DAILY EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS. TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS WERE ISSUED THAT DID NOT CAUSE DEFENDANT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF THE NPDES PERMIT. DEFENDANT EVENTUALLY HOOKED UP TO THE PORTAGE SEWER SYSTEM ON MAY 15, 1997, AND THE VIOLATIONS CEASED.
Defendants (1)
- MHC FINANCING LIMITED PARTNERSHIPNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OAK TREE VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK
254 SANDALWOOD AVE, PORTAGE, IN, 46368
Registry ID: 110010700526
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
OAK TREE VILLAGE MOBILEentered 2000-10-30
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $765,000
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 1997-09-29Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1997-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-08-28Final Order Lodged
- 2000-08-28Complaint Filed With Court
- 2000-10-30Final Order Entered
- 2002-10-31Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30282
- Case number
- 05-1997-0337
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- MMBI
- 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 05-1997-0337 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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