EPA v. Espanola, City of (NM0029351)
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
Respondent is a municipality that operates a wastewater treatment plant. The plant's permit changed to meet new water quality standards and Respondent was given 3 years to come into compliance. Respondent did utilize the 3 years to come into compliance, and failed to meet the new more stringent ammonia effluent limits. Respondent was ordered in a previous order to come into compliance and this Order is the schedule to bring them back into compliance by Summer 2007, which will include wastewater treatment plant reconstruction.
Defendants (1)
- Espanola, City of (NM0029351)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ESPANOLA, CITY OF
405 N. PASEO DE ONATE, ESPANOLA, NM, 87532
Registry ID: 110039938583
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Espanola, City of (NM0029351)entered 2005-03-23
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2005-02-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2005-03-23Final Order Issued
- 2009-07-01Enforcement Action Closed
- 2009-07-01NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 139453
- Case number
- 06-2005-1892
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- 6EN-W
- EPA region
- 06
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2005-1892 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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