EPA v. CITY OF BUHL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Between December 1999 and April 2004, 703 effluent limit violations were recorded which included 23 monthly average limit violations, 1 weekly average limit violation and 6 daily maximum violations. Pollutants exceeding the permit limits were fecal coliform bacteria, total suspended solids (TSS), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total residual chlorine (TRC).
Defendants (1)
- CITY OF BUHL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
BUHL, CITY OF - BUHL WWTP
4269 NORTH 1360 EAST, BUHL, ID, 83316
Registry ID: 110007514421
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CITY OF BUHL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTentered 2005-04-20
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $38,000
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2005-02-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2005-04-20Final Order Issued
- 2005-04-20Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2005-05-23Enforcement Action Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 139718
- Case number
- 10-2005-0084
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 10
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 10-2005-0084 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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