# CAVE CITY, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20315`
- **Case Number:** 04-1988-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CAVE CITY, KY CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- CAVELAND SANITATION AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
- KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF CAVE CITY (CITY) WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT    2000, OWNS AND OPERATES A 0.4 MGD TRICKLING FILTER SYSTEM    (PLANT) AND WAS ISSUED NPDES PERMIT NO. KY0025763 TO DIS-    CHARGE INTO A SUBTERRANEAN STREAM WHICH RUNS INTO THE GREEN  RIVER.  SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE NPDES PERMIT IN JULY 1983, THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY MEET ITS PERMIT   EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.                                          IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF HORSE CAVE, PARK CITY AND  THE MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, CAVE CITY FORME THE CAVELAND SANITATION AUTHORITY (CSA) TO FINANCE, CONSTRUCT AND MAIN-   TAIN A REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WHICH WOULD      UPGRADE EXISTING LEVELS AND TO TRANSPORT THE EFFLUENT AWAY   FROM THE SUBTERRANEAN STREAMS AND DIRECTLY INTO THE GREEN    RIVER.  CSA HAS PROCURED FINANCING FORM EPA, FARMERS HOME    ADMINISTRATION, THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND THE KENTUCKY  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.  THE ATTACHED     CITY RESOLUTIONS PROVIDE CSA WITH THE LEGAL AUTHORITY.

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