# COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT CORP
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1872`
- **Case Number:** 02-1983-0007
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DEVLOP. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT CORP., LTD. (CP) OWNS &  OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHICH SERVES MANY      COMMERCIAL FOOD PRODUCERS IN A LARGE SHOPPING CENTER IN THE  SUBURBS OF SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.  THE COMPANY WAS ISSUED A  NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT IN    1980 RESTRICTING THE LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS DISCHARGED TO A    NEARBY RIVER.  THE AGENCY ISSUED AN ADMIN ORDER WITH THE     PERMIT SINCE THE CO WAS UNABLE TO ACHIEVE EFFLUENT LIMITA-   TIONS REFLECTIVE OF THE BEST PRACTICABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY  AND WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.  THE CO FAILED TO COMPLY BOTH   WITH THE PERMIT AND THE ACCOMPANYING ORDER.  ISSUANCE OF A   SECOND ADMIN ORDER IN LATE 1981 WAS GREETED WITH CONTINUED   SERIOUS NONCOMPLIANCE AND THE CO'S REPEATED COMMITMENTS TO   COMPLY BY SPECIFIED DATES WERE NOT REALIZED.  ALTHOUGH CP    IS A RELATIVELY MINOR DISCHARGER, ITS POORLY MAINTAINED      TREATMENT PLANT, LOCATED WITHIN A SHOPPING MALL, HAS BEEN    THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS CITIZENS' COMPLAINTS.                  THE COMPANY'S PERSISTENT VIOLATION OF NUMEROUS PERMIT CON- DITIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AS WELL AS ITS OWN         PROMISES TO COMPLY WARRANT ITS REFERRAL TO DOJ FOR CIVIL     PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.  NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CO   APPEAR TO INDICATE THAT THE CO MAY SETTLE FOR ABOUT          $25,000.00, A FIGURE THE REGION BELIEVES IS APPROPRIATE, IN  ADDITION, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.

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