The Riley County Commission on Monday unanimously accepted a fine of $1,750 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failures within the University Park Wastewater system to meet regulations regarding treated wastewater. The fine is the responsibility of the University Park Sewer Benefit District. County Counselor Clancy Holeman presented information to explain the fine before Monday’s vote. “Public Works Director John Ellermann and I were told early in our negotiations with EPA counsel and EPA staff that the Benefit District could face an EPA fine in ‘six figures,’” he wrote. “But during negotiations with EPA, we discovered any fine which might eventually be imposed could be no more than $8,000.”
Source: themercury.com
