EPA v. ST. BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Case summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. ST. BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS 3300 MUNSTER BOULEVARD MERAUX, ST. BERNARD PARISH, LOUISIANA 70075 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY THAT EXCEEDED PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AS SHOWN IN THE CERTIFIED DMRS FILED WITH EPA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS AND COMPLY WITH THE SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES OF THIS REQUIRE- MENT; B) REPORT COMPLIANCE OR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH REQUIRE- MENT A) NO LATER THAN 14 DAYS OF A SPECIFIC ACTION; AND C) ALL OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PERMIT ARE EF- FECTIVE AS ISSUED AND REQUIRE FULL COMPLIANCE.

Defendants (1)

• ST. BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT DEPT. OF PNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• ST BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT

  330 MUNSTER BLVD, MERAUX, LA, 70075

  Registry ID: 110022878439

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ST. BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKentered 1999-09-24

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 1999-09-24Final Order Issued
• 1999-09-24Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1999-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2004-01-14Enforcement Action Closed