Record · Enforcement
DFFO
dffo-2005
Fields
agency
Ohio EPA
instrument
DFFO
case_no
entered Director's Journal May 31, 2005 (stamp p1)
respondent
Allen County Board of Commissioners, 301 North Main Street, Lima, Ohio
facility
Shawnee II POTW (Shawnee II WWTP, 2.0 MGD, 3640 Spencerville Road, Shawnee Township -> Ottawa River) and American Bath POTW (American Bath WWTP, 1.5 MGD, 3226 North Cole Street, American Township -> Pike Run), with their collection systems
permit_no
2PK00002 (Shawnee; *GD expired 2004-03-31, renewal applied 2003-09-26) / 2PH00007*HD (American Bath, eff. 2004-12-01)
issued_date
2005-05-31
effective_date
2005-05-31
penalty_usd
49226
stipulated_penalties
None as such — Order 8 allows completing the Findlay Road Phase II Sewer Improvement Area Project (~$557,000 Supplemental Environmental Project: replace on-site septic systems along Bluelick Road, Bath Township, with public sanitary sewer, eliminating a county-owned package plant; wastewater then treated by the City of Lima) IN LIEU of the $49,226 payment; failure to complete within 210 days revives the cash penalty (Order 9).
status
modified (Order No. 1 modified by the 2014 Modified DFFO; see supersedes chain)
summary
The foundational SSO-elimination consent instrument. Findings: the county's 1997-05-01 General Plan promised elimination of all Shawnee POTW SSOs by 2003-05-01 (Finding 7); the county violated the 2PK00002*GD compliance schedule on all four milestones (Finding 8); documented overflow days Jan 2001-Dec 2003 at eight Shawnee SSOs (Cam Court 52, Elmview Drive 28, Riverview Drive 44, Seriff Road 2, Shawnee Country Club 60, Shawnee Country Club Main 15, Shawnee Road 4, Zurmehly Road 58 - to the Ottawa River or unnamed tributaries; Findings 6) and two American Bath SSOs May 2002-Mar 2003 (Manhole T-45 1, Meadow Apartments AB-03-020 14 - to Pike Run; Finding 10). Seriff Road and Shawnee Road SSOs closed 2001 (Finding 9). Orders set the SECAP regime and a 2015-12-31 eliminate-all-SSOs deadline, assess $49,226 with the Findlay Road SEP alternative, and require warning signs at SSOs.
note
[verified] All figures read from the journalized instrument itself. The compliance-schedule violations (Finding 8) date the original promises: detailed plans 1999-12-07, bids 2000-10-31, construction start 2000-11-03, completion + elimination 2003-05-01.
obligations
- requirement Shawnee: bid + award Seriff Sub-basin Pilot I/I Remediation contracts (Order 1.A)
- deadline 2005-01-31
- requirement Shawnee: begin private-property investigation/remediation (Order 1.B)
- deadline 2006-12-31
- requirement Shawnee: complete mainline/manhole replacement or rehabilitation, remaining portion (Order 1.C)
- deadline 2011-08-31
- requirement Shawnee: complete private-property investigation/remediation (Order 1.D)
- deadline 2013-06-30
- requirement Shawnee + American Bath: submit System Evaluation Capacity Assurance Plan (SECAP) with peak-flow estimates, key-component capacities, hydraulic deficiencies (Orders 1.E / 2.D)
- deadline 2009-07-01
- requirement Shawnee: implement SECAP and eliminate ALL SSOs (Order 1.F)
- deadline 2015-12-31
- requirement American Bath: complete flow monitoring (Order 2.A)
- deadline 2006-12-31
- requirement American Bath: complete mainline/manhole replacement/rehabilitation (Order 2.B)
- deadline 2009-12-31
- requirement American Bath: complete private-property investigation/remediation (Order 2.C)
- deadline 2011-12-31
- requirement American Bath: implement SECAP and eliminate all SSOs (Order 2.E)
- deadline 2015-12-31
- requirement Post warning signs at each SSO location, >= 12x18 in (Order 4)
- deadline 60 days from effective date
⚠ Gaps in the record
- The SSO overflow-day tables (Findings 6 and 10) are transcribed from a scan; counts are clearly printed and copied digit-for-digit, but verify against the page image before citing in publication.
Where it connects
legal/prr-mandamus/prr-production-2026-07-24/dffo-2005.order.yaml · p.1 · legal