# BONIFAY, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20355`
- **Case Number:** 04-1988-0053
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BONIFAY, FL CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- FLORIDA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF BONIFAY (BONIFAY) OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTE-   WATER TREATMENT FACILITY (PLANT) WITH A TOTAL 1987 POPU-     LATION OF 2738, AND A STATE PRISON FACILITY WITH A 750       INMATE CAPACITY.  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE   FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AS AMENDED (33 U.S.C.    1251 ET. SEQ;).  THE CITY OF BONIFAY WAS ISSUED A NATIONAL   POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEMS (NPDES) PERMIT BY    EPA, REGION IV, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 13, 1975,    AND EXPIRED JUNE 30, 1977.  BONIFAY DID NOT MAKE TIMELY      APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF A SECOND NPDES PERMIT WHICH       SHOULD HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1977, AND EXPIRED JUNE  30, 1982.  CONSEQUENTLY, FROM SAID EXPIRATION DATE UNTIL     OCTOBER 1, 1984, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ITS SUBSEQUENT NPDES  PERMIT, BONIFAY MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS UNPERMITTED WASTE-   WATER DISCHARGE TO SURFACT WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.      SINCE OCTOBER 1, 1984 BONIFAY HAS CHRONICALLY VIOLATED FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS CONTAINED IN ITS NPDES PERMIT, MOST FREQUEN- TLY FOR FIVE-DAY BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND (BOD5), TOTAL     SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS), TOTAL RESIDUAL CHLORIDE (TRC), AND   PERCENT REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS.                                  AS A RESULT, EPA DETERMINED THAT BONIFAY'S EXISTING WASTE- WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES ARE INADEQUATE TO ACHIEVE NPDES   COMPLIANCE AND ISSUED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 85-235     (WSSS) ( ORDER ) ON JUNE 14, 1985.  THIS ORDER GRANTED       INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND IMPOS

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