Record · Enforcement
modified DFFO
dffo-2014-modified
Fields
agency
Ohio EPA
instrument
modified DFFO
case_no
entered Director's Journal 2014-01-06 (journal stamp p2; certified copy 1-6-14)
respondent
Allen County Board of Commissioners, 301 North Main Street, Lima, Ohio
facility
Shawnee II POTW (Shawnee II WWTP 2.0 MGD -> Ottawa River); American Bath POTW (1.5 MGD -> Pike Run) unchanged
permit_no
2PK00002*ID (Shawnee, eff. 2011-04-01) / 2PH00007*KD (American Bath, eff. 2013-05-01)
issued_date
2014-01-06
effective_date
2014-01-06
supersedes
Order No. 1 (the Shawnee compliance schedule) of the 2005-05-31 DFFO; all other 2005 provisions remain in full force (Finding 9)
penalty_usd
—
stipulated_penalties
none in this modification (the 2005 penalty/SEP terms stand unmodified)
status
active (the operative journalized instrument) — the county's 2022-10-26 amendment request and OEPA's 2023-02-02 response (agreeing to a 2028-12-31 Phase 2 completion) are pending correspondence on a draft revision that has not journalized
summary
The five-year extension the county requested on 2011-12-09: SSO elimination moves from 2015-12-31 to 2020-12-31, restructured as Phase 1 (collect-pump-treat: interceptor, pump station, headworks/EQ basin/UV by July 2015), a monitored-flow year, then Phase 2 WWTP capacity designed from actual flows. Signed by Director Scott J. Nally 2013-12-31 and Commissioner Jay Begg 2013-12-05; journalized 2014-01-06. Crucially, Order 1.A.iii designates the equalization-basin overflow as TEMPORARY, and Order 1.A.vii requires its elimination along with all SSOs by 2020-12-31 — the provision the county later argued against ("the EQ 'bypass' ... was always part of the design", per its 2022-10-26 letter quoted in OEPA's 2023-02-02 response).
note
[verified] from the journalized instrument. Six Shawnee SSOs and one American Bath SSO remained as of these findings (Finding 5).
obligations
- requirement Begin Phase 1 collection-system construction — new interceptor sewer + pump station (Order 1.A.i)
- deadline 2014-01
- requirement Begin Phase 1 WWTP improvements — new headworks (pump, screening), equalization basin with chemical addition, UV disinfection of secondary flows AND of the equalization-basin overflow, replacing the chlorine contact tank (Order 1.A.ii)
- deadline 2014-04
- requirement Complete ALL Phase 1 improvements; "a temporary equalization basin overflow shall be permitted at the WWTP in an effort to maximize treatment of potential SSO flows" (Order 1.A.iii)
- deadline 2015-07
- requirement Evaluate Shawnee POTW system flows for one year (Order 1.A.iv)
- deadline 2015-07 through 2016-06
- requirement Submit updated WWTP + collection-system Basis of Design Report; initiate Phase 2 detailed design (Order 1.A.v)
- deadline 2016-09
- requirement Begin Phase 2 construction by December 2018; complete by 2020-12-31 (Order 1.A.vi)
- deadline 2020-12-31
- requirement ELIMINATE the temporary equalization-basin overflow and ALL SSOs (Order 1.A.vii)
- deadline 2020-12-31
- requirement Update MOM program: private-I/I strategy + flooding-area identification (Order 1.B); MOM for treatment systems (Order 1.C)
- deadline —
⚠ Gaps in the record
- The production also carries "DFFO-Revised 2014 (5yr extension).pdf" in the same folder — verify whether it is a duplicate render of this instrument or a distinct draft before citing it separately (the 2023 OEPA letter separately references a "draft revision ... dated May 3, 2019" that never journalized).
Where it connects
legal/prr-mandamus/prr-production-2026-07-24/dffo-2014-modified.order.yaml · p.1 · legal