EPA v. LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT INC
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On August 5, 2013, the EPA entered into a consent agreement with Liquid Waste Management, Inc. under section 309 of the Clean Water Act for sewage sludge land application violations in Colorado. Liquid Waste Management, located in Longmont, Colorado, is a company that specializes in biosolids waste management and is covered under the EPA Region 8 Biosolids general permit (COG650000). In 2012, Liquid Waste Management sampled the biosolids removed from the St. Vrain wastewater lagoons. The results of the analysis showed that the ceiling concentration for nickel specified in the Part 503 biosolids regulations was exceeded. Liquid Waste Management implemented a new system that will allow it to track when sewage sludge is over the limit for land application.
Defendants (1)
- LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
204 SOUTH BOWEN STREET, LONGMONT, CO, 80501
Registry ID: 110022914961
Statutes cited
- CWA 405 — Sewage Sludge Disposal
Enforcement conclusions (1)
LIQUID WASTE MANAGEMENT INCentered 2013-08-05
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $4,500
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2013-08-05Final Order Issued
- 2013-08-05Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2013-09-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2013-12-16NPDES Closed
- 2013-12-16Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400151631
- Case number
- 08-2013-0080
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Sewage Sludge Disposal
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2013-0080 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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