# SWAMPSCOTT, TOWN OF
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `134`
- **Case Number:** 01-1987-0016
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $14K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SWAMPSCOTT, TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOOT HAS VIOLATED THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ITS 1978 NPDES PERMIT IN THAT IT HAS INTERMITTENTLY VIO-  LATED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS BASED ON PRIMARY TREATMENT, CON-  SISTENTLY VIOLATED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS BASED ON SECONDARY   TREATMENT, FAILED TO COMPLY W/THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN THE  PERMIT FOR THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SECONDARY TREAT- MENT FACILITIES, AND VIOLATED MASS. SURFACE WATER QUALITY    STANDARDS.  IN DEC., 1984, THE REGION ISSUED AND ADMIN. OR-  DER BASED ON SWAMPSCOTT'S VIOLATIONS OF THE PRIMARY TREAT-   MENT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN THE TOWN'S PERMIT.    SWAMPSCOTT COMPLIED W/THE ORDER.  ON JULY 20, 1987, THE REG- ION DENIED SWAMPSCOTT'S REQUEST FOR A WAIVER FROM THE SEC-   ONDARY TREATMENT REQUIREMENT OF THE CWA.  THE REGION DENIED  THE TOWN'S APPLICATION BECAUSE THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASS HAS  DETERMINED THAT A WAIVER FROM SECONDARY TREATMENT WOULD BE   INCONSISTENT W/THE REGULATIONS OF THE MASS COASTAL ZONE MGMT PROGRAM.  SWAMPSCOTT HAS APPEALED THE COMMONWEALTH'S DETER-  MINATION.  THE REGION RECENTLY REQUESTED THAT SWAMPSCOTT     PROVIDE CERTAIN INFO. REGARDING THE EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF  COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS IN THE TOWN.  SWAMPSCOTT IS LIKELY  TO ATTEMPT TO USE A 1981 LETTER FROM JEFFREY MILLER, EPA, TO THE SWAMPSCOTT SUPERINTENDANT FOR PUBLIC WORKS BOTH AS A DE- FENSE TO LIABILITY AND AS A MITIGATING FACTOR IN THE ASSESS- MENT OF ANY PENALTY.  THE LETTER CONTAINS STATEMENTS TO THE  EFFECT THAT SWAMPSCOTT WAS NOT REQUI

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