# PHILADELPHIA, CITY OF, SOUTHWEST STP
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `12364`
- **Case Number:** 03-1988-0384
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $1.50M
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PHILADELPHIA, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION FILED AGAINST THE CITY OF        PHIULADELPHIA FOR NPDES VIOLATIONS (INCLUDING A PRETREAT-    MENT VIOLATION) AT ITS SOUTHWEST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.      EPA SEEKS THE COLLECTION OF CIVIL PENALTIES, AN IN-     DEPENDANT AUDIT OF THE PLANT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A     REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN IN ORDER TO BRING THE PLANT INTO COM-   PLIANCE WITH ITS NPDES PERMIT.                                    SEVERAL NEGOTIATION MEETINGS FOR PURPOSES OF SETTLE-    MENT HAVE BEEN HELD AND THE MATTER IS NOW IN THE EARLY       STAGES OF DISCOVERY.                                              THIS REFERRAL IS ENFORCEABLE UNDER SECTIONS 403, 122,   AND 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

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