EPA v. DALLAS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 6

Case summary

1. SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ) 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318(A) AND 1319(A). 2. DALLAS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 6 3620 SHEPHERD BALCH SPRINGS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 75180 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING WASTEWATER FROM THE COLLECTION SYSTEM TO THE CITY STREETS AND INTO CITY STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF AN NPDES PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINSTRATIVE ORDER (AO) TO THE RESPONDENT. THE AO ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AO, SUBMIT INFORMATION CONCERNING ANY DISCHARGE, WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS, OF WASTEWATER FROM THE FACILITY OR COLLECTION SYSTEM IN ANY MANNER OR AT ANY POINT IN THE SYSTEM OTHER THAN A DIRECT, CONTAINED DISCHARGE TO THE CITY OF DALLAS CENTRAL WASTE- WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND OTHER THAN THOSE DISCHARGES CITED, B) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, TAKE WHATEVER COR- RECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RE- CURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED, C) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS CITED AND EX- PLAINING WHY ACTIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TOBE SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS, AND D) IF THE RE- SPONDENT BELIEVES COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE VIOLATIONS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE WRITTEN PLAN FOR ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF VIOIATIONS IN THE SHORTEST TIME POSSIBLE.

Defendants (1)

• DALLAS COUNTY WCID #6Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• DALLAS CO WCID #6

  3620 SHEPHERD, BALCH SPRINGS, TX, 75180

  Registry ID: 110013280216

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• DALLAS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRIentered 1998-03-03

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1998-03-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1998-03-03Final Order Issued
• 1998-04-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1998-08-31Enforcement Action Closed