9/27/12 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $171,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT HAS EXPERIENCED, AND CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE, SSOs IN ITS WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM (WCTS). SSOs INCLUDE DISCHARGES OF UNREATED SANITARY SEWAGE CONTAINING POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. AT LOCATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY AN NPDES PERMIT AND OTHER RELEASES OF UNTREATED SANITARY SEWAGE CONTAINING POLLUTANTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE REACHED WATERS OF THE U.S. AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WCTS IN VIOLATION OF TDEC RULE 1200-04-05-.07(2)(c), WHICH IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO PART II OF THE NPDES PERMIT.