EPA v. MURPHYSBORO, CITY OF

Case summary

VIOLATIONS OF CWA SECTION 502, FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER SLUDGE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES. COMPLAINANT FILED ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT DOCKET NO. 5-CWA- 98-019 ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, CITING RESPONDENT FOR VIOLAT- IONS OF THE ACT PURSUANT TO SECTION 405(D) AND (E) AND PROPOSED A FINE FOR $45,000 ALLEGING RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 503.8 (B) BY FAILING TO USE THE METHODS SPECIFIED IN US EPA PUBLICATION SW-846 FOR ANALYSIS OF INORGANIC POLLUTANTS AND FAILURE TO MEET THE POLLUTANT LIMITS SET FORTH IN 503.13 WHEN PREPARING AND APPLING BULK SEWAGE SLUDGE TO AGRICULTURAL LAND ON JULY 1, 1996. THE COMPLAINT FURTHER ALLEGED RESPONDENT VIOLATED 503.17(A)(1) AMD (A)(4) IN 1994. 1995, 1996, AND 1997 BY FAILING TO DEVELOP AND RETAIN FOR FIVE YEARS CERTIFICATION STATEMENTS INDICATING THAT RESPONDENT WAS MEETING CLASS A AND B PATHOGEN AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO 503.32 AND 503.33. ON MARCH 1, 1999, SETTLEMENT OF THIS ACTION AND AGREEMENT TO SETTLE THIS ACTION THROUGH THE FILING OF CACO DOCKET NO. 5-CWA-019-98 WAS FILED WITH THE REGIONAL HEARING CLERK ASSESSING A FINAL PENALTY AMOUNT OF $6,000.

Defendants (1)

• MURPHYSBORO, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MURPHYSBORO WASTEWATER TRMT PL

  CITY HALL/ 110 NORTH 14TH STREET, MURPHYSBORO, IL, 62966

  Registry ID: 110010588220

Statutes cited

• CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal
• CWA 402 — Clean Water Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MURSHYSBORO, CITY OFentered 1999-03-01

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $6,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-10-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1999-03-01Final Order Issued
• 1999-04-21Enforcement Action Closed