# SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1 OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY (SD 1)
> **Judicial** · FY2005 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `150893`
- **Case Number:** 04-2005-9011
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 1 OF NORTHERN KY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On June 23, 2005, Region 4 referred to the Department of Justice for civil enforcement violations of Section 301 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) by Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky (SD#1) for unauthorized discharges of pollutants into waters of the United States and other National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit deficiencies.  

SD#1 is a municipal entity created in 1995 by the Commonwealth of Kentucky's legislature.  SD#1 was created to provide sanitary sewer and stormwater drainage service for residential, commercial and industrial entities throughout Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties, Kentucky.  This area includes the cities of Covington and Newport and the Cincinnati airport.  SD#1 is currently responsible for the operation and maintenance of one (1) major regional wastewater treatment facilities, eight (8) minor treatment plants, about 1,500 miles of combined and separate sewer lines, approximately 128 pump stations, and other sewer and stormwater facilities.  All of these facilities are regulated under NPDES permit requirements of the CWA as implemented by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

SD#1 discharges treated, partially treated and untreated wastewater into the Ohio River and other creeks that flow into the Ohio River, which are navigable waters of the United States, as defined by Section 502(7) of the CWA.  Certain of these discharges are not in compliance with an NPDES permit and thus are violations of Section 301 of the CWA.  S

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