# NEW YORK CITY ET AL - CIA
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1866`
- **Case Number:** 02-1983-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEW YORK, CITY OF - CIA (complaint)
## Summary

THE RED HOOK AND NORTH RIVER FACILITIES JOINTLY DISCHARGE  ABOUT 200 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY OF RAW SEWAGE INTO THE     HUDSON RIVER AND THE EAST RIVER, IN VIOLATION OF THEIR NPDES PERMITS.  EPA COMMENCED AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN JANUARY OF  1977, WHICH REQUIRED THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT SECONDARY TREAT-  MENT FACILITIES AT RED HOOK BY DECEMBER 1, 1984, AND AT      NORTH RIVER BY AUGUST 1, 1986.  WHEN THE CITY BECAME UNABLE  TO MEET THIS SCHEDULE, EPA, THE CITY, AND THE STATE OF NY    NEGOTIATED AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSENT DECREE WHICH:          1. EXTENDED THE DATES FOR FINAL COMPLETION TO SEPT. 1, 1987 AND MARCH 1, 1988.                                            2. PROVIDED FOR STIPULATED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE  REVISED SCHEDULES.                                            3. APPOINTED A SPECIAL MASTER TO ASSIST THE COURT IN        MONITORING COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMENDED DECREE.                 THE CITY COMPLIED WITH EACH MILESTONE IN THE REVISED       SCHEDULE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1982 WHEN THE CITY SUBMITTED A       REPORT TO THE SPECIAL MASTER STATING THAT SUBSTANTIAL        REDUCTIONS IN THE AVAILABLE FEDERAL FUNDING MADE IT IMPOS-   SIBLE FOR THE CITY TO MEET THE CONSENT DECREE SCHEDULE.  THE CITY CONTENDED THAT THE UNAVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS      CONSTITUTED  CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CITY'S REASONABLE      CONTROL  SUFFICIENT TO REQUIRE AN EXTENSION OF THE           CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES ACCORDING TO PARAGRAPH VIII OF THE    CONSENT DECREE, AND TO RELIEVE IT FROM

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