U.S. EPA Region 5 / Ohio EPA / U.S. DOJ

Lima Consent Decree (CD), Case 3:14-CV-02551-JZ

3:14-CV-02551-JZ

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City of Lima, Ohio

City of Lima Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), Lima, Ohio

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2018-01-25

2017-07-01

2017-12-31

None noted.

None noted for deadlines. A direct lightning strike to the main electrical switch gear equipment on July 22, 2017 caused complete loss of power, resulting in substantial flooding throughout the plant and significant equipment loss, which is documented in the discharge/contacts sections.

This is the semiannual Consent Decree Progress Report for the City of Lima, Ohio covering the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, filed January 25, 2018 under Case 3:14-CV-02551-JZ. No consent decree deadlines were missed during the period; however, a lightning strike on July 22, 2017 caused a complete power loss at the WWTP, resulting in four NPDES permit exceedances, one SSO requiring a 5-day follow-up report, and substantial plant damage. The attached overflow totals report documents 142 SSO events and 28 CSO events across 38+ locations during the reporting period, with five named capital/compliance projects in various stages of progress.

Attachment: SSO & CSO Overflow Totals July 1 – December 31, 2017. Total SSO overflow count = 142; total CSO overflow count = 28. Total number of reports = 18. Report updated 1/5/2018. Signed by Michel N. Carea, Director of Utilities, City of Lima, Ohio. CMOM section reports 57,662 linear feet (10.92 miles, 11% of SSS) of sewer cleaned; 32,992 linear feet CCTV (6.25 miles, 6% of SSS), 348 manholes inspected; 12 manholes rehabilitated; 2 new manholes installed. 1 SSO required a 5-Day Follow-up Report to OEPA in reporting period. case_no normalized for the join: printed as "3:14-CV-02551-JZ Doc #5 Filed: 01/13/15", where the trailing text is one FILING inside the case rather than the case. The field holds the case number alone so this row joins edoc-412983.order.yaml.