EPA v. COUNTY OF MAUI
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
THIS CASE ARISES UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA OR THE ACT ) AND CONCERNS UNAUTHORIZED SPILLS OF SEWAGE INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE ACT. THE COUNTY OF MAUI ( MAUI COUNTY ), HAS HAD NUMEROUS SPILLS OF SANITARY SEWAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND OTHER WATERS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. EPA IS ORDERING THE COUNTY TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE SEWAGE SPILLS. EPA COUNSEL WAS LAWRENCE LAU (FOR THIS UAO), WHILE A RELATED REFERRAL (09-1997-0077) HAS CHRIS SPROUL AS COUNSEL.
Defendants (1)
- MAUI COUNTYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COUNTY OF MAUI
200 S HIGH ST, WAILUKU, HI, 967932155
Registry ID: 110056143686
Statutes cited
- CWA 301A — Clean Water Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
MAUI COUNTYentered 1997-02-10
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 1997-02-10Final Order Issued
- 1997-02-10Enforcement Action Closed
- 1997-02-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-10-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 52873
- Case number
- 09-1997-0180
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- ORC2
- EPA region
- 09
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Clean Water Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-1997-0180 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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