# GLOVERSVILLE JOHNSTOWN JOINT SEWER BOARD
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1881`
- **Case Number:** 02-1983-0016
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GLOVERSVILLE, NY CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- GLOVERSVILLE/JOHNSTOWN JOINT SEWER BRD. (complaint) (settlement)
- JOHNSTOWN, NY CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                                            THIS CASE IS REFERRED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEEKING JUDI-  CIAL RELIEF TO REMEDY VIOLATIONS OF PERMITS ISSUED UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT THROUGH THE DIS-   CHARGE OF POLLUTANTS WITHOUT A PERMIT.  THE PERMIT VIOLA-    TIONS INCLUDE THE DISCHARGE OF VISIBLE FOAM TO THE CAYADUTTA CREEK AND THE DISCHARGE TO THAT CREEK IN EXCESS OF PER-      MITTED LEVELS OF TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS), BIOCHEMICAL   OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD), SETTLEABLE SOLIDS AND FLOW.  THE UN-    PERMITTED DISCHARGE TO THAT CREEK CONTAINS TSS, BOD, CHROM-  IUM AND OTHER POLLUTANTS.                                         DEFENDANT GLOVERSVILLE-JOHNSTOWN JOINT SEWER BOARD      (JOINT SEWER BOARD) WAS ISSUED A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DIS-     CHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT UNDER SECTION 402   OF THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS OF     1972, 33 U.S.C. 1342 (REENACTED AS THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF    1977, HERE-INAFTER  THE ACT ) ON APRIL 25, 1975.  THE TERM   OF THE PERMIT WAS FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 31, 1975 TO JUNE   30, 1977.  THIS NPDES PERMIT, NUMBER NY 0026042, REQUIRED    THE JOINT SEWER BOARD TO MEET CERTAIN EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS   SPECIFIED IN THE PERMIT FOR THE CONTROL OF POLLUTANTS DIS-   CHARGED FROM ITS SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY TO A LOCAL WATER- WAY KNOWN AS THE CAYADUTTA CREEK.  THE PERMIT ALLOWED ONLY   ONE DISCHARGE TO THE CREEK.  DESPITE THE PERMIT'S EXPIRA-    TION ON JUNE 30, 1977, THE PERMIT WAS 

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