EPA v. MERMENTAU, VILLAGE OF WWTP, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY

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. VILLAGE OF MERMENTAU WWTP, A LOUISIANA MUNICIPALITY 4TH STREE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF 4TH STREET AND CHURCH STREET MERMENTAU, ACADIA PARISH, LOUISIANA 70556 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS FROM ITS FACILITY WHICH EXCEEDED THE EFFLUENT PERMITTED LIMITATIONS. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE COR- RECTIVE ACTION TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN RE- PORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND EXPLAIN HOW THE ACTIONS WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE; C) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST POS- SIBLE TIME; AND D) WITHIN 45 DAYS, ARRANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

Defendants (1)

• MERMENTAU, VILLAGE OFNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MERMENTAU, VILLAGE OF WWTP

  4TH ST N OF INTX OF 4TH ST AND CHURCH ST, MERMENTAU, LA, 70556

  Registry ID: 110009924966

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• VILLAGE OF MERMENTAUentered 2002-06-03

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-06-03Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-06-03Final Order Issued
• 2002-06-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2009-07-01Enforcement Action Closed