9/4/2007 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $4,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: THE RESPONDENT SUBMITTED TO EPA THE ANNUAL ALUDGE REPORT, DATED JANUARY 23, 2007, COVERING CALENDAR YEAR 2006. THE 2006 ANNUAL SLUDGE REPORT INDICATED DURING FIRST QUARTER 2006, THE RESPONDENT LAND APPLIED APPROXIMATELY 164 DRY METRIC TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN WHICH THE COPPER CONCENTRATION WAS 6,300 MG/KG. THIS CONCENTRATION EXCEEDED THE COPPER CEILING CONCENTRATION OF 4,300 MG/KG IN TABLE 1 OF SECTION 503.13. THE LAND APPLICATION OF THIS SEWAGE SLUDGE DURING FIRST QUARTER 2006 IS A VIOLATION OF CWA SECTION 405 AND 40 C.F.R. SECTION 503.13.