# STANTON, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20319`
- **Case Number:** 04-1988-0014
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $6K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint) (settlement)
- STANTON, KENTUCKY, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF STANTON OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREAT-  MENT FACILITY (PLANT) SERVING 2691 CUSTOMERS, BOTH COMMER-   CIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.  SINCE 1983, THE CITY HAS BEEN UNABLE  TO MEET THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS ESTABLISHED FOR ITS DIS-    CHARGE OF POLLUTANTS TO SURFACE WATERS AS CONTAINED IN THREE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES)      PERMITS ISSUED BY THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (EPA) (FIRST TWO PERMITS) AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY   (LAST PERMIT).  AS A RESULT, EPA HAS ISSUED FOUR ADMINIS-    TRATIVE ORDERS TO THE CITY, WITH THE FINAL ORDER PLACING     THEM ON A SCHEDULE TO ACHIEVE PERMIT COMPLIANCE BY JULY 1,   1988.  THE CITY HAS FAILED TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THREE  ORDERS.                                                        THE CITY RECEIVED AN INITIAL EPA GRANT OF $1,006,691 ON    SEPTEMBER 30, 1983 WITH TWO INCREASES RESULTING IN A TOTAL   GRANT AMOUNT OF $1,345,304.  ADDITIONAL FINANCING FROM       FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION ($551,000), APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION (ARC) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT FUND ($185,103),         AREA DEVELOPMENT FUND (ADF) ($20,000) AND CITY FUNDS         ($27,696) TOTALING $783,799 WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO COMPLETE ITS $2.1 MILLION WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

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