# ESCAMBIA COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20515`
- **Case Number:** 04-1989-0121
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $135K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ESCAMBIA COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

U.S. V. ESCAMBIA COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND THE     STATE OF FLORIDA.  DEFENDANT ESCAMBIA OWNS AND OPERATES THE  AVONDALE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY WHICH SERVES 11,700   RESIDENTS OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA.  AVONDALE HAS BEEN           DISCHARGING TREATED EFFLUENT WITHOUT AN NPDES PERMIT SINCE   MAY 21, 1984, WHEN REGION IV TURNED DOWN THE RENEWAL         APPLICATION FOR PERMIT NO. FL0031801.  AVONDALE'S CONTINUED  DISCHARGES VIOLATE SECTION 301 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, AND   REGION IV IS SEEKING A CIVIL PENALTY FOR PAST VIOLATIONS,    AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO ESTABLISH INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS   UNTIL EPA ISSUES ESCAMBIA AN NPDES PERMIT FOR AVONDALE.           REGION IV HAS ISSUED A NEW NPDES PERMIT TO ESCAMBIA FOR AVONDALE ON JANUARY 6, 1989; HOWEVER A REQUEST FOR AN        EVIDENTARY HEARING BY A LOCAL CITIZEN HAS STAYED THAT        PERMIT.  THE REGION HAS ISSUED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS TO      ESCAMBIA ON OCTOBER 20, 1983 AND MAY 22, 1985 (AMENDED MAY   16, 1986) TO MEET INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS AT AVONDALE AND TO COMPLETE UPGRADES OR CEASE DISCHARGE.  ESCAMBIA FAILED TO    COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE A.O.'S AND THE REGION HELD A SHOW     CAUSE CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 14, 1988.  THERE ARE NO         SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS TO THIS CASE OTHER THAN THE PROPOSED     NPDES PERMIT WHICH HAS BEEN STAYED.

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