EPA v. SALINE SEWER COMPANY

Case summary

DEF SALINE SEWER IS PRIVATELY OWNED SEWER CO OPERATING SEWAGE COLLECTION/TRTMNT FAC IN JEFFERSON CO, MO. DEF HOLDS CERTIFICATE FR MO PUB SERVICE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE SEWER SE RVICE IN SALINE CREEK WATERSHED. ITS RATES ARE ESTABLISHED BY COMMISSION. CD ENTERED, RESOLVING CWA 402 ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDING, 12/21/81. IN VIEW OF DEF HISTORY OF FAILURE TO OPERATE/MAIN TAIN FAC PROPERLY, CD WAS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT REMEDIAL MEASU RES. DEF ALMOST IMMED IN VIOL OF CD. MOT FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CD, CITING VIOL AND ASSOC STIP PNLTYS, FILED 6/17/82, AND AM ENDED ON 8/17/82. DEF ADMITTED IT OWED $21,200 IN PNLTYS AS OF 6/30/82 BUT REQUESTED DEFERRAL OF PNLTYS, ALLEGING SEVERE CASH FLOW PROB.THEY PRESENTLY REMAIN UNPAID. DEF CONT TO ACCUMULATE VIOL. AS OF 6/31/84, DEF TOTAL LIABILITY UNDER STIP PNLTYS PROV OF CD WAS $1,486,100.

Defendants (1)

• SALINE SEWER COMPANYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (8)

• SALINE SEWER CO CORI MANOR

  560 CORISANDE HILLS RD, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010662247

• SALINE SEWER CO HERMITAGE

  SALINE RD 3 MI S OF TOWN, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010662256

• SALINE SEWER CO WEST LARK

  W LARK INDUSTRIAL PK, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010662238

• SALINE SEWER CO CRYSTAL HILL

  5045 GEM, HIGH RIDGE, MO, 63049

  Registry ID: 110010661738

• SALINE SEWER CO SALINE VALLEY

  COOL VALLEY DR, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010748174

• SALINE SEWER CO THREE OAKS

  OLD HWY 30 S OF TOWN, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010662274

• SALINE SEWER CO SUNSWEPT

  SALINE RD 1/2 MI S OF CO LINE, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010662265

• SALINE SEWER CO RON ROG PLANT

  NR SALINE RD 4 MI SW OF TOWN, FENTON, MO, 63026

  Registry ID: 110010661747

Statutes cited

• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO
• CWA 402 — Clean Water Act

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SALINE SEWER COMPANYentered 1986-07-18

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $127,000

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 1984-08-29Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1985-11-01Complaint Filed With Court
• 1986-07-18Concluded
• 1986-07-18Final Order Lodged
• 1986-07-18Final Order Entered
• 1987-05-11Enforcement Action Closed