EPA v. LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT

Case summary

1. SECTION 309(A)(3) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A)(3). 2. LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT P.O. BOX 4017-C LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA 70502 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA AND PARTS I.A., III.B.3., AND III.C.6. OF ITS PERMIT BY EXCEEDING THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF CBOD5, TSS, NH3-N, DO OF THE PERMIT, HAVING AN ANAEROBIC DIGESTER OUT OF SERVICE DURING AN 8/6/96 INSPECTION, HAVING THE PRIMARY CLARIFIER APPROACHING SEPTIC CONDITIONS, HAVING THE FACILITY EXPER- IENCE HYDRAULIC OVERLOADING, HAVING AN UNPERMITTED DIS- CHARGE OF CONTAMINATED STORM WATER FROM THE SLUDGE DRYING TRANSFER AREA, ALLOWING BYPASSES AT THE TREATMENT FACILI- TY AND THE COLLECTION SYSTEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND THE FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE REVEALED AN -13.3% ERROR DUR- ING AN INSPECTION ON 8/6/96.

Defendants (1)

• LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LAFAYETTE SOUTH WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

  231 WEST BAYOU PARKWAY, LAFAYETTE, LA, 70502

  Registry ID: 110002046081

Statutes cited

• CWA 301A — Clean Water Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTentered 1997-05-20

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1997-05-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1997-05-20Final Order Issued
• 1997-06-20Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2001-05-03Enforcement Action Closed