# DORTON SEWERAGE SYSTEMS, INC./ELYSIAN F
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Litigated With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20223`
- **Case Number:** 04-1985-0008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $75K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DORTON SEWERAGE SYSTEMS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  DORTON SEWER SYSTEMS OWNS AND OPER-   ATES A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT KNOWN AS THE  ELYSIAN FIELDS   WWTP  IN LOUISVILLE, KY. THE ELYSIAN FIELDS PLANT WAS BUILT  IN 1972 AND DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SECONDARY WASTE TREATMENT.   ON JUNE 14, 1981, THE NPDES PERMIT FOR THE PLANT EXPIRED,    AND IT HAS BEEN DISCHARGING WITHOUT A PERMIT SINCE THEN.       RELIEF REQUESTED:  A. GET CONSENT DECRE SETTING EXPEDITI-  OUS SCHEDULE FOR CONNECTING TO MSD SYSTEM.                   B. ENJOIN UNPERMITTED DISCHARGE VIOLATIONS.                  C. IMPOSE CIVIL PENALITIES AS NECESSARY.

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