7/23/12 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED.
DOTHAN HAS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (SSOs). DOTHAN HAS VIOLATED CWA 301(a) IN THAT A NUMBER OF DOTHAN SSOs INCLUDE DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER CONTAINING POLLUTANTS TO NAVIGABLE WATERS AT LOCATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT.
DOTHAN HAS VIOLATED PART II.A.1 OF ITS NPDES PERMIT, ISSUED PURSUANT TO CWA 402, BY FAILING TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS WCTSs RESULTING IN SSOs FROM THE WCTSs.
BASED ON THE ABOVE, THE DIRECTOR FINDS THAT DOTHAN IS IN VIOLATION OF CWA 301 AND THE NPDES PERMITS.