EPA v. OKMULGEE, CITY OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

Case summary

1. SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATET ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319. 2. CITY OF OKMULGEE, AN OKLAHOMA MUNICIPALITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT 1012 SOUTH OKLAHOMA OKMULGEE, OKMULGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74447 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA BY: 1) DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY WHICH EX- CEEDED PERMITTED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS ON THAN 5,000 DIS- CHARGES; 2) FAILING TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS TREATMENT UNITS WHICH RESULTED IN THE EXCESSIVE DIS- CHARGES OF POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY; AND C) NUMEROUS UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED OR IMPROPERLY TREAT- ED WATER FROM AN UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE POINT TO WATERS OF THE U.S. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE CWA, EPA SUBMITTED A DIRECT REFERRAL TO DOJ REQUESTING AN INITIA- TION OF A CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE RESPOND- ENT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND OTHER RELIEF.

Defendants (1)

• OKMULGEE, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• OKMULGEE, CITY OF WWTP

  1012 S OKLAHOMA, OKMULGEE, OK, 74447

  Registry ID: 110010650303

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• OKMULGEE, CITY OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTentered 2006-04-14

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $235,000 · State/local: $235,000

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 2001-03-07Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2001-04-12Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2006-01-09Complaint Filed With Court
• 2006-01-09Final Order Lodged
• 2006-04-14Final Order Entered
• 2013-10-01Enforcement Action Closed