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Civil Penalty Schedule

For Industrial User Noncompliance

Cleveland/Bradley County TN

Noncompliance	Nature Of Violation	Civil Penalty Amount

1. Unpermitted Discharge	IU unaware of requirements and harm to POTW environment	$100-$1,000

	IU has not submitted application within 30 days of date in NOV	$100/day

2. Exceedance of Local or Federal Discharge Limit	Exceedance of any daily or average parameter limits by a factor of 3.0 or more. (except pH)	$100-$500/day

	Chronic or TRC violation (except pH)	$100-$1,000

	Exceedance of any daily or average parameter limits by a factor of 10 or more. No harm to POTW/environment. (except pH)	$500-$1,000/day

	Exceedance of pH limitations for 30 consecutive minutes or more. No harm to POTW/environment	$100-$500/violation

	Chronic pH violation	$100-$1000/day
	Exceedance of any daily or average parameter limits that adversely affects the POTW.	$1000-$10,000/day

3. Reporting Violations	Report is late 45 calendar days or more.	$100/day

	Report is late 60 calendar days or more.	$100-$500/day

	Failure to report spill or changed discharge. Harm to POTW/environment.	$500-$1,000/incident

4. Failure to Monitor Correctly	Recurring failure to monitor correctly (third occurrence)	$500-$1,000/incident

5. Improper Sampling	Continued improper sampling after informal meeting. (Third occurrence)	$500-$1,000/incident

6. Failure to Install Sampling Equipment	Noncompliance with NOV (delay of more than 30 calendar days).	$100-$500/day

7. Compliance Schedules	Missed interim deadlines by fewer than 30 and will affect final deadline (without good Cause).	$100-$500/day
8. Missed Final Compliance Deadline.	Failure to comply with administrative order.	$500-$1,000/day

9. Illegal Discharge	Discharge causes harm, pass-through or interference.	$1000-$10,000/day

10. Inadequate Record Keeping	Recurring	$500-1,000/incident

11. Failure to Report Additional Monitoring	Recurring	$500-$1,000/incident

Civil Penalties