11/2/05 - COMPLAINT FILED, PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $157,500.
VIOLATION: JEA FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 405 OF THE CWA AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AT 40 CFR SECTION 503.
RESPONDENT'S ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT INDICATED THAT APPROX 22,191 DRY METRIC TONS (DMT) OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS GENERATED AT THE BUCKMAN BIOSOLIDS FACILITY.
IN CORRESPONDENCE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THE EPA INSPECTION REPORT, RESPONDENT INDICATED THAT 865 DMT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS LAND APPLIED IN MAY 2004; 831 DMT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS LAND APPLIED IN JUNE 2004; 941 DMT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS LAND APPLIED IN JULY 2004; AND 411 DMT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS LAND APPLIED IN AUGUST 2004.
40 CFR 503.13(a)(1) STATES THAT BULK SEWAGE SLUDGE ... SHALL NOT BE APPLIED TO THE LAND IF THE CONCENTRATION OF ANY POLLUTANT IN THE SEWAGE SLUDGE EXCEEDS THE CEILING CONCENTRATION FOR THE POLLUTANT IN TABLE 1 OF SECTION 503.13.
THE CEILING CONCENTRATION FOR THE POLLUTANT MOLYBDENUM AS OUTLINED IN TABLE 1 OF 40 CFR 503.13 IS 75 MILLIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM ON A DRY WEIGHT BASIS.
RESPONDENT'S ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT INDICATED THAT FOR MAY 2004, THE MONTHLY AVERAGE CONCENTRATION FOR THE POLLUTANT MOLYBDENUM WAS 81 MILLIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM ON A DRY WEIGHT BASIS AND THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION WAS 85 MILLIGRAMS PER KILOGRAM ON A DRY WEIGHT BASIS.
RESPONDENT'S ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT INDICATED THAT FOR JUNE 2004, THE MONTHLY AVERAGE CONCENTRATION FOR THE POLLUTANT MOLYBDENUM WAS 80 MILLIGRAMS P