EPA v. San Benito, City of (TX0047601)
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
The Respondent is a municipality that operates a wastewater treatment plant that had 98 effluent limit violations of their NPDES permit over 34 months, and failed to meet schedule and new plant design paperwork reporting and effluent violation reporting requirements in Administrative Order Docket No. CWA-06-2002-1206. Penalty Order issued with an Supplemental Environmental Project.
Defendants (1)
- San Benito, City ofNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CITY OF SAN BENITO
1.5MILES NE ST HWY 448 FM 1846, SAN BENITO, TX, 78586
Registry ID: 110037533960
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
San Benito, City of (TX0047601)entered 2006-05-23
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $50,760 · SEP: $180,000
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 2005-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2005-10-06Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2006-05-23Final Order Issued
- 2010-06-16Amended CAFO
- 2011-06-02Enforcement Action Closed
- 2011-06-02NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 160930
- Case number
- 06-2005-1921
- 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 06-2005-1921 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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