# JERSEY CITY SEW AUTH
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1934`
- **Case Number:** 02-1985-0031
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $500K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HUDSON COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
- JERSEY CITY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
- JERSEY CITY, CITY COUNCIL OF (complaint) (settlement)
- JERSEY CITY, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS ACTION IS BASED ON THE CWA, 33 USC 1251 AND THE       1981 CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF INJUNCTION ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY.                  THE DEFENDANTS ARE: CITY OF JERSEY CITY, JERSEY CITY SEW-  ERAGE AUTHORITY, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JERSEY CITY, AND HUDSON COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY.                             THE VIOLATIONS ARE:  A) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH A 1981 CON- SENT JUDGMENT ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT   OF N.J. WHICH IMPOSED, INTER ALIA, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR  JERSEY CITY'S TWO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; B) FAILURE TO IM- PLEMENT THE SECTION 201 PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE JERSEY CITY  SEWERAGE AUTHORITY'S TWO NPDES PERMITS; AND C) FAILURE TO    MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE TWO JERSEY CITY PLANTS IN THE MOST  EFFICIENT MANNER AS REQUIRED BY JERSEY CITY SEWERAGE AUTH-   ORITY'S TWO NPDES PERMITS.                                     PROPOSED RELIEF SOUGHT: A) CIVIL PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO  IMPLEMENT THE SECTION 201 PLAN AND FAILURE TO RUN THE PLANT  EFFICIENTLY; B) CONTEMPT AND PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO MEET   THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS IN 1981 CONSENT JUDGMENT, C) ORDER  REQUIRING JERSEY CITY TO OPERATE & MAINTAIN ITS PLANTS       EFFICIENTLY, INCLUDING REPAIRING OR REPLACING SOME EQUIPMENT AND D) SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SECTION 201 PLAN.

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