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EPA penalizes Town of Coulee Dam over $70,000 for Clean Water Act violations
Wastewater plant failed to meet basic requirements of pollutant discharge
permit
SEATTLE – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the
Town of Coulee Dam, Washington will pay $70,881 for violations of Section 402
of the Clean Water Act at the town’s wastewater treatment plant.
The wastewater treatment plant failed to meet the following requirements of
their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit:
Submit monthly Discharge Monitoring Reports to EPA and the Colville Tribes
Notify EPA and the Colville Tribes that their Operations and Maintenance Plan
was developed and implemented
Inform EPA and the Colville Tribes that their new plant had begun operations
and their old plant had closed
Apply for a new permit on time
Provide the correct location of the discharge point
“The cultural, economic and environmental significance of the Columbia River
to the western U.S. cannot be overstated,” said EPA Region 10 Office of
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Director Ed Kowalski. “All facilities
operating on the river must comply with the law to safeguard this critical
watershed and be good neighbors to the Colville Tribes and the many other
communities that depend on it.” 
EPA investigations began in 2019 when the treatment plant did not submit
required Discharge Monitoring Reports. DMRs help track the amount of pollution
discharged from permitted facilities into waterways like the Columbia River. A
facility’s permit assigns values for the type and amount of pollutants it is
allowed to discharge. Without the timely submittal of DMRs, EPA cannot monitor
if wastewater treatment plants are complying with permits, effectively
treating wastewater, and preventing excess pollution from entering the river.
Follow-up investigations found that the wastewater treatment plant failed
additional conditions of the NPDES permit.
EPA’s technical assistance webinars on improving NPDES compliance are
available to plant operators, municipal leaders, technical assistance
providers, and compliance inspection staff from federal, state, tribal and
local governments.
Additional details can be found in the Consent Agreement and Final Order.
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