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REEDY CREEK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

Judicial · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 20469

$375K
Penalty
$0
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Case

Case Number
04-1989-0073
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-3363
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

U.S. VS REEDY CREEK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA. DEFENDANT REEDY CREEK OWNS A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY WHICH SERVES THE WALT DISNEY WORLD COMPLEX IN LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA. THE FACILITY HAS BEEN DISCHARGING TREATED EFFLUENT IN EXCESS OF THE LIMITS OF ITS NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT SINCE NOVEMBER 1985. SUCH DISCHARGES ARE A VIOLATION OF THE CWA, SECTION 402, AND EPA IS SEEKING A CIVIL PENALTY FOR PAST ECONOMIC BENEFIT AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO COMPLETE MODIFICA- TIONS TO THE FACILITY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE ACT. UNDER SECTION 309(E), THE STATE IS JOINED AS A DEFENDANT. EPA HAD ISSUED TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS TO REEDY CREEK, ON MAY 28, 1986 AND AUGUST 31, 1987, TO MEET INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS AND TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION. REEDY CREEK FAILED TO MEET THE DEADLINES IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, AND REGION IV HELD ONE SHOW CAUSE MEETING SEPETEMBER 22, 1988. THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS TO THIS CASE OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT REEDY CREEK IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT REPRESENTS DISNEY WORLD.

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