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ST. MARTINVILLE, CITY OF

Administrative - Formal · FY1998 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37844

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Case

Case Number
06-1998-0147
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. CITY OF ST. MARTINVILLE P.O. BOX 379 ST. MARTINVILLE, ST. MARTIN PARISH, LOUISIANA 70582 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY 1) FAILING TO PROVIDE THE CORRECT SAMPLE TYPE, A 6 HOUR COMPOSITE , BY FAILING TO FLOW PROPORTION THE SAMPLES, 2) FAILING TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ITS TREATMENT UNITS AND/OR COLLECTION SYSTEMS WHICH RESULTED IN EXCES- SIVE I & I RESULTING IN THE HYDRAULIC OVERLOADING AND BY- PASSING OF AT LEAST ONE TREATMENT UNIT AND DISCHARGING TO AN UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE LOCATION, 3) BYPASSING THE FIN- AL TREATMENT UNIT DURING PERIODS OF HIGH FLOW AND FAILING TO REPORT THESE BYPASSES, 4) FAILING TO PROVIDE PH CALI- BRATION DATA, FLOW MEASUREMENT DATA, AND SAMPLE CONCEN- TRATION DATA, 5) FAILING TO USE PROPER CALIBRATION PRO- CEDURES FOR THE PH METER, AND 6) FAILING TO PROVIDE FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPOND- ENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AO TAKE WHATEVER CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED, B) WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE AO, SUBMIT A WRITT

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