# LONG ISLAND DUCK FARMERS
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1903`
- **Case Number:** 02-1984-0022
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $90K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LONG ISLAND DUCK FARMERS COOPERATIVE INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE LONG ISLAND DUCK FARMERS COOP., INC. ( L.I. DUCK ),    LOCATED IN EASTPORT, NEW YORK, OPERATES A DUCK PROCESSING    PLANT.  IN SHORT, DUCKS ARE SLAUGHTERED, EVISCERATED, PACK-  AGED AND FROZEN AT THE FACILITY.  THE COMPANY IS AUTHORIZED  TO DISCHARGE TREATED PROCESS WATER TO A TRIBUTARY OF SEATUCK CREEK BY ITS SPDES PERMIT.  L.I. DUCK HAS CONSISTENTLY VIO-  LATED THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN ITS PRESENT PER- MIT EVER SINCE THE PERMIT BECAME EFFECTIVE IN AUGUST 1981.   THE MOST REPETITIVE VIOLATIONS ARE OF THE LIMITATIONS FOR    BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND, TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS, TOTAL     COLIFORM AND SETTLEABLE SOLIDS.                                THE REGION ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO L.I. DUCK IN  JUNE, 1982.  THE COMPANY, HOWEVER, FAILED TO UPGRADE ITS     TREATMENT FACILITIES OR TAKE OTHER STEPS TO ACHIEVE COMPLI-  ANCE WITH ITS SPDES PERMIT.  AFTER A SHOW CAUSE ORDER WAS    ISSUED IN FEB. 1984, THE COMPANY MET WITH THE REGION & SUB-  MITTED A PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING REPORT OUTLINING HOW IT     INTENDED TO BRING ITS FACILITY INTO COMPLIANCE.                THE REGION FEELS THAT CIVIL PENALTIES ARE APPROPRIATE IN   THIS CASE FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.  IN ADDITION, STIPULATED PEN- ALTIES WILL BE SOUGHT FOR ANY FUTURE VIOLATIONS OF THE PER-  MIT &/OR VIOLATIONS OF ANY COURT ORDER WHICH MAY BE ISSUED.

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