EPA v. CITY OF JEROME, IDAHO
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On July 30, 2015, Region 10 entered a Consent Decree in Idaho Federal Court resolving violations of the Clean Water Act by the City of Jerome. Defendant, which operates a municipally owned wastewater treatment facility, exceeded its NPDES permit limits for total residual chlorine, total suspended solids, E. coli, and biological oxygen demand. The company agreed to pay a penalty of $86,000. The Consent Decree requires the City to spend $43 million to upgrade its existing wastewater treatment plant, and put in place an emergency storage lagoon to be able to divert some of the waste in the future to protect the treatment plant.
Defendants (1)
- City of Jerome, IdahoNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
JEROME, CITY OF - JEROME WWTP
50 N 100 W, JEROME, ID, 83338
Registry ID: 110010027327
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CITY OF JEROME, IDAHO - CONSENT DECREEentered 2015-07-30
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $86,000
Timeline (6 milestones)
- 2012-09-19Referred To Dept Of Justice
- 2012-09-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2015-05-07Complaint Filed With Court
- 2015-05-07Final Order Lodged
- 2015-07-30Final Order Entered
- 2015-07-31Concluded
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000061868
- Case number
- 10-2012-0210
- DOJ docket
- 90-5-1-1-10697
- 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 10-2012-0210 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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