# OKOLONA SEWER CONSTR. DIST.
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20188`
- **Case Number:** 04-1984-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint) (settlement)
- OKOLONA SEWER CONTR. DIST (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

OKOLONA SEWER CONSTRUCTION DISCTICT, OF LOUISVILLE, KY,    HAS HAD NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT AND HAS      VIOLATED AN A.O.  ALSO, OKOLONA REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH ON TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER       SSYTEM OF THE LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO SEWER    DISTRICT (MSD).  CONNECTION IS REQURIED BY AN EARLIER WRIT-  TEN AGREEMENT, AND IS THE BASIS OF AN EPA CONSTRUCTION GRANT TO BUILD A SEWER LINE TO THE AREA.  THE SEWER LINE WAS FUND- ED TO PREVENT WATER-QUALITY VIOLATIONS IN THE SMALL STREAMS  PRESENTLY RECEIVING DISCHARGES FROM THE OKOLONA PLANT AND    SIMILAR SMALL PLANTS.  CONNECTION TO MSD IS ECONOMICALLY     MORE VIABLE THAN UPGRADING THE PLANT TO MEET WATER-QUALITY   STANDARDS.  OKOLONA HAS NOT DEMOSTRATED A WILLINGNESS TO     MEET FINAL PERMIT LIMITS OF  NO DISCHARGE ; WE RECOMMEND     JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS TO OBTAIN INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND AN      ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES.

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