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KEY WEST FLORIDA, CITY OF

Judicial · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 20227

$800K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
—
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-1985-0012
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE: THE CITY OF KEY WEST (KEY WEST) OWNS AND OPERATES A SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM WHICH DISCHARGES RAW SEWAGE THROUGH A SUBMERGED OUTFALL INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. THE CITY HAS NO WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES AND CURRENT- LY DISCHARGES BETWEEN 5 AND 9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY (MGD) INTO THE OCEAN. RELIEF REQUESTED: THIS SUIT SEEKS CIVIL PENALITIES AND IN JUNCTIVE RELIEF PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE CWA WHICH WOULD PLACE KEY WEST ON AN ENFORCEABLE COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE TO BUILD A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ATTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH SECONDARY STANDARDS.

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