EPA v. KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH MOUNTAIN POINT AND FOREST PARK WWTF'S - COMPLIANCE ORDER

Case summary

On February 23, 2017, Region 10 issued a Compliance Order On Consent (COOC) resolving violations of the Clean Water Act by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, located in Ketchikan, Alaska. Respondent, which operates two wastewater treatment facilities, discharged pollutants to waters of the U.S. and exceeded its NPDES permit limits for sewage related pollutants including fecal coliform. The Borough upgraded their sampling equipment and developed and initiated implementation of quality assurance project plans (QAPPs) to ensure accurate field sampling procedures and laboratory analysis in the future. The COOC will ensure QAPP implementation including Borough oversight assessments of QAPP implementation. The Borough had been sampling and operating its own lab without a QAPP and this matter was discovered during a September 2015 inspection. The QAPP implementation will ensure that accurate sampling and analysis procedures are used so that the Borough and EPA have confidence in reported results.

Defendants (1)

• Ketchikan Gateway BoroughNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• MOUNTAIN POINT WWTF

  5541 SOUTH TONGASS HIGHWAY, KETCHIKAN, AK, 99901

  Registry ID: 110064600454

• FOREST PARK WWTF

  1900 FIRST AVENUE, KETCHIKAN, AK, 99901

  Registry ID: 110028073251

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH MOUNTAIN POINT AND FOREST PARK WWTF'S - COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENTentered 2017-02-23

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2017-01-23Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2017-02-23Final Order Issued
• 2018-06-04NPDES Closed
• 2018-06-04Enforcement Action Closed