# NEPTUNE BEACH FLORIDA, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20732`
- **Case Number:** 04-1991-0059
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEPTUNE BEACH FL, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NEPTUNE BEACH WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN EARLIER CIVIL JUDICIAL   ENFORCEMENT ACTION SEEKING CIVIL PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE    RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA AND THE CITY'S NEPDES       PERMIT. THE PRIOR CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS SETTLED       THROUGH NEGOTIATION AND ENTRY OF A CONSENT DECREE. THE       CONSENT DECREE SETTLING THE CASE WAS LODGED IN AUGUST 1988,  AND ENTERED IN NOVEMBER 1989. THE CONSENT DECREE ESTABLISHED CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES, INTERIM AND FINAL EFFLUENT LIMIT     COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES, AND STIPULATED PENALTIES FOR FAILURE   TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE CONSENT DECREE. NEPTUNE      BEACH FAILED TO MEET THE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMIT COMPLIANCE     DATE OF MAY 15, 1989, ESTABLISHED IN THE CONSENT DECREE.     THE CITY EXPERIENCED EFFLUENT PARAMETER EXCEEDENCES FROM     MARCH 1989 THROUGH AUGUST 1990. THESE EFFLUENT PARAMETER     EXCEEDINGS WERE VIOLATIONS OF THE CONSENT DECREE, THE PERMIT AND THE CWA. THESE FAILURES RESULTED IN THE ACCUMMULATION OF STIPULATED PENALTIES AGAINST ACCRUAL OF STIPULATED PENALTIES AND SOUGHT TO RESOLVE THE MATTER. NEPTUNE BEACH HAS RESISTED SETTLEMENT OF THE STIPULATED PENALTIES. THE REGIONS RECOM-   MENDS INITIATING CONSENT DECREE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS      AGAINST NEPTUNE BEACH TO ADDRESS THE STIPULATED PENALTIES    ACCRUED UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE.

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