EPA v. CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIA
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Respondent failed to comply with certain requirements of Section 405 of the CWA, Disposal or Use of Sewage Sludge, and regulations promulgated there under at 40 C.F.R. Part 503. Specifically, the EPA alleges Respondent land applied sewage sludge in 2016 and 2017 to six agricultural fields at a sludge application rate exceeding agronomic loading rates, in violation of 40 C.F.R. ? 503.14(d). In addition, in 2017, Respondent land applied sewage sludge on at least four occasions that failed to achieve the required volatile solids reduction percentage, in violation of 40 C.F.R. ?503.15(d).
Defendants (1)
- CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
LODI WHITE SLOUGH WPCF
1331 SOUTH HAM LANE, LODI, CA, 95241
Registry ID: 110017211514
Statutes cited
- CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CITY OF LODI, CALIFORNIAentered 2020-04-14
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $28,890
Timeline (7 milestones)
- 2020-04-14Final Order Issued
- 2020-04-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2020-04-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2020-04-22Pipeline Closed
- 2020-04-22Enforcement Action Closed
- 2020-04-22Compliance Achieved
- 2020-04-22NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3602174570
- Case number
- 07-2020-0033
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 07
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Sewage Sludge Disposal
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 07-2020-0033 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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