EPA v. Oakley Inc.
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
This is an Administrative Order (AO) for compliance pursuant to the Clean Water Act issued to Oakley, Inc., in Dayton, Nevada, an industrial user of the Lyon County South Dayton Wastewater Treatment Plant. The violation involves the unregulated discharge of solvents and suspended solids resulting in the venting of solvent fumes from the sewer system and the impairment of the sewage treatment plant. The AO requires control or elimination of the discharges that adversely impact the POTW and imposes a self-monitoring schedule to be in effect until the POTW obtains approval of its pretreatment program and can regulated the discharge itself.
Defendants (1)
- Oakley Inc.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
OAKLEY, INC.
95 LAKES BLVD., DAYTON, NV, 89403
Registry ID: 110009460724
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/307 — Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Oakley Inc. (Compliance Order)entered 2005-09-27
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2005-09-27Enforcement Action Closed
- 2005-09-27Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2005-09-27Final Order Issued
- 2005-10-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 162731
- Case number
- 09-2005-0280
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Effluent Limitations - NPDES Toxic & Pretreatment Effluent Standards
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2005-0280 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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