# HORSE CAVE, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20320`
- **Case Number:** 04-1988-0015
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $4K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CAVELAND SANITATION AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
- HORSE CAVE, KY CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF HORSE CAVE (CITY), WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT  2000, OWNS AND OPERATES A 0.4 MGD TRICKLING FILTER SYSTEM    (PLANT) AND WAS ISSUED NPDES PERMIT NO. KY0041092 TO         DISCHARGE INTO A SUBTERRANEAN STREAM WHICH RUNS INTO THE     GREEN RIVER.  SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE NPDES PERMIT IN JUNE 1983, THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY MEET ITS    PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.                                   IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF CAVE CITY, PARK CITY AND   THE MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK, HORSE CITY FORMED THE CAVE-  LAND SANITATION AUTHORITY (CSA) TO FINANCE, CONSTRUCT AND    MAINTAIN 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 FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL    PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA), FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION, THE    NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, AND THE KENTUCKY COMMUNITY DEVELOP-   MENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.  THE ATTACHED CITY RESOLUTIONS     PROVIDE CSA WITH LEGAL AUTHORITY.

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