# COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52257`
- **Case Number:** 09-1991-0028
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $300K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF L.A. COUN (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY      (CSDLAC) OPERATES THE JOINT WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT    IN CARSON, CA.  THE PLANT IS AN ADVANCED PRIMARY SEWAGE      TREATMENT WORKS, AND DISCHARGES TO SANTA MONICA BAY.  CSDLAC IS IN VIOLATION OF CWA AS A RESULT OF ITS FAILURE TO ACHIEVE THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS PERMIT RELATED TO SECONDARY       TREATMENT.  CSDLAC IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATIONS OF     ITS PERMIT CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF WATER    QUALITY STANDARDS IN SANTA MONICA BAY.  CSDLAC IS ALSO       RESPONSIBLE FOR CWA VIOLATIONS RESULTING FROM SPILLS FROM    ITS SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND FOR UNAUTHORIZED           DISCHARGES OF CENTRATE FROM ITS OUTFALLS BETWEEN JUNE AND    DECEMBER 1988.                                                 REGION 9 IS SEEKING A DECREE REQUIRING CSDLAC TO CONSTRUCT SECONDARY TREATMENT FACILITIES AND TO IMPROVE ITS PROGRAM    FOR PREVENTING AND CONTROLLING SPILLS FROM ITS SEWAGE        COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND ASSESSING PENALTIES FOR ITS PAST      VIOLATIONS.

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