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Miscellaneous Enforcement, Legal & Penalty Documents
- Clean Water Act - Enforcement (Section 309)
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28 USC Sec. 2462 Limits Civil Enforcement to 5 years from when the claim is accrued.
- The following forms are used by EPA Region 6 staff to implement the above policy. The forms are not the policy, but assist in the development of penalty calculations. These forms are being provided as assistance to Respondents that wish to better understand their penalty and loading calculations.
These forms are all in Microsoft Excel file format (.xls).
- Pollutant Loading Calcuations
- Sanitary Sewer Overflows
- Auto Salvage
- Traditional Effluent Violations
- Septage (e.g., from Septic Haulers)
- Storm Water - Construction (coming soon: new calculation in development as of July 2004 using RUSLE)
- Penalty Calculation (assumes you already have calculated economic benefit using BEN to input into this formula)
- Case Conclusion Data Sheet
- Pollutant Loading Calcuations
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40 C.F.R. 122 Text: Adobe Acrobat (0.02 MB), Word Perfect (0.03 MB)
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Rules for CWA Complaints (Penalties)
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Self Disclosure Policy - Adobe Acrobat
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Supplemental Environmental Projects - Adobe Acrobat
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BEN Program - Economic Benefit - Link to OECA
- BEN
- ABEL
- INDIPAY
- MUNIPAY
- PROJECT
- Office of Civil Enforcement (HQ) Civil Penalty Policies
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Self Disclosure Audit Policy (Link to OECA)
- Expedited Settlement Offers (storm water - construction)
- Public Notice Web Page
- On March 15, 2004, the CWA civil administrative penalties were increased to $32,500 for Class I penalties and $157,500 for Class II penalties. The maximum administrative penalty per violation remains at $11,000 per day.
- Clean Water Legal Legal Summary Table - summarizing penalty limits, statutue of limitations, citizen suit provisions, public notice, etc.