# METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY (MIAMI DADE)
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Superseded by Another Enforcement Action
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20942`
- **Case Number:** 04-1993-1426
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Superseded by Another Enforcement Action
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FLORIDA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY (complaint) (settlement)
- MIAMI-DADE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY DEPT. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CASE PERTAINS TO THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM (THE SYSTEM),       INCLUDING THE CROSS-BAY FORCE MAIN (THE FORCE MAIN), OWNED   AND OPERATED BY THE METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY (THE COUNTY)    LOCATED IN AND ABOUT MIAMI, FLORIDA.  THE SYSTEM WAS         CONSTRUCTED IN 1956.  THE SYSTEM NOW IS EXPERIENCING         NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, E.G., INFLOW AND INFILTRATION, CAPACITY,  ETC., RESULTING IN DISCHARGES OF RAW SEWAGE FROM THE SYSTEM  INTO THE MIAMI RIVER AND BISCAYNE BAY.  MOREOVER, THERE IS A CONCERN THAT THE FORCE MAIN MAY RUPTURE AND DISCHARGE        SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS, I.E., APPROXIMATELY 100 GPD OF RAW      SEWAGE INTO BISCAYNE BAY.                                    ON APRIL 22, 1993, PURSUANT TO CWA SECTION 504, THE REGION   FORWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND TO EPA            HEADQUARTERS A PRE-REFERRAL LITIGATION REPORT REQUESTING     AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE A CONSENT DECREE WITH THE COUNTY      REQUIRING THE COUNTY TO REPLACE THE EXISTING FORCE MAIN AND  TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FORCE MAIN.  ON OR ABOUT APRIL 22, 1993,  THE RGION RECEIVED A NOTICE OF CITIZEN'S SUIT FROM THE       SIERRA CLUB REGARDING THE SYSTEM. ON APRIL 26, 1993, AT A    MEETING BETWEEN DOJ, THE REGION, EPA HEADQUARTERS AND THE US ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA (USA), THE     REGION VERBALLY CONVERTED THE PRE-REFERRAL LITIGATION REPORT INTO A REFERRAL REPORT AND ALSO AUTHORIZED DOJ TO PREPARE    FOR THE FILING OF A CWA SECTION 309 ACTION AGAINST THE       COUNTY; THE REGION AGREED TO EXPEDIT

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