EPA v. ROCK ISLAND, CITY OF
Final Order No Penalty
Compliance action
$822,000
Case summary
ILLINOIS EPA HAS INFORMALLY REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM EPA REGION 5 REGARDING THIS FACILITY, WHICH SUFFERS FROM INADEQ WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAPACITY DUE TO DESIGN FLAWS IN PLANT AND IN ITS WASTEWATER SYSTEM. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS BEEN DOCUMENTED BY IEPA AS FLOWING INTO THE SYLVAN SLOUGH, A SURROUNDING AREA THAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE.
Defendants (2)
- ROCK ISLAND, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- STATE OF ILLINOISNamed in complaint
Facilities (1)
ROCK ISLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
1299 MILL ST, ROCK ISLAND, IL, 61201
Registry ID: 110018321920
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
- CWA 402 — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ROCK ISLAND, CITY OFentered 1998-02-13
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1998-02-13Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1998-02-13Final Order Issued
- 1998-05-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2003-08-21Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 30805
- Case number
- 05-1998-0148
- 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 05-1998-0148 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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