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CENTRAL WAYNE CO SAN

Judicial · FY1982 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 25145

$10K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
—
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1982-0022
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE: THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY SANITATION AUTHORITY (CWCSA) FOR VIOLATIONS OF PARTICULATE MASS & VISIBLE EMISSION REGULATIONS AT ITS REFUSE INCINERATOR & DISPOSAL PLANT IN DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI. CAUSE OF ACTION: CWCSA IS A QUASI-PUBLIC CORP. CREATED BY 5 NEIGHBOR- ING COMMUNITIES IN 1955 TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR DISPOSING OF THEIR REFUSE. ON JULY 20, 1978, EPA NOTIFIED CWCSA THAT ITS 3 INCINERATORS WERE OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF WAYNE CO. ART. VI, SEC. 6.1, CONCERNING VISIBLE EMISSIONS, & SEC. 6.2 CONCERNING THE CONTROL OF PARTICULATE MATTER. THESE REGULATIONS ARE PART OF THE FED. APPROVED MI. ST. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. EVIDENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CONSISTS OF STACK TESTS & VISIBLE EMISSIONS READINGS. FURTHER EVIDENCE IS THE CWCSA'S ADMISSION IN COURT PROCEEDING THAT IT HAS NOT INSTALLED THE NECESSARY POLL. CONTROL EQUIP. THE VIOLATIONS HAVE CONT. BEYOND THE 30TH DAY FROM CWSCA'S RECEIPT OF A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, THEREBY GIVING RISE TO A CAUSE OF ACTION PURSUANT TO SEC 113(B) OF THE ACT. THE WAYNE CO. DEP. OF HEALTH (WCDH) & THE ST. OF MI. HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING COMPLIANCE AT THE FACILILTY AFTER MORE THAN 4 YRS OF NEGOT. WITH CW

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