EPA v. NORTHEAST REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$30,000
Compliance action
$60,000,000
Case summary
THE NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT HAD CONSTRUCTED A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT USING A RELATIVELY UNTESTED PHYSICAL-CEHMICAL PROCESS. BECAUSE OF REPEATED FAILURES OF THE SYSTEM, THE DISTRICT EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF ITS NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM ( NPDES PERMIT. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SYSTEM, THE DISTRICT DECIDED TO REPLACE IT WITH A BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM. FOLLOWING INSTALLATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM, THE DISTRICT CONSISTENLY REMAINED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT.
Defendants (1)
- NORTHEAST REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICTNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WESTERLY WWTP
5800 MEMORIAL SHOREWAY, CLEVELAND, OH, 44115
Registry ID: 110000735330
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NORTHEAST REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICTentered 1998-09-22
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $30,000 · State/local: $10,000
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 1988-10-09Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 1990-08-02Complaint Filed With Court
- 1998-08-07Final Order Lodged
- 1998-09-22Final Order Entered
- 1998-09-22Concluded
- 1998-11-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 1998-11-30Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 31346
- Case number
- 05-1998-0788
- 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 05-1998-0788 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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