# PRASA IV
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2208`
- **Case Number:** 02-1986-0287
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT & SEWER AUTHORITY (complaint)
- PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint)
## Summary

EPA FILED AN INITIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE PUERTO RICO AQUEDUCT AND SEWER AUTHORITY (PRASA) FOR VIOLATIONS OF  THE CWA AND NPDES PERMITS AT 92 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS  OWNED AND OPERATED BY PRASA ON 1/12/78 (DOCKET NO. 78-0038). A CONSENT DECREE RESOLVING THAT ACTION WAS FILED AND ENTERED ON 2/27/78. (PRASA I)                                          THE 2/27/78 DECREE WAS FURTHER AMENDED AND MODIFIED ON     10/30/78, 5/16/80, 2/3/81, 12/9/81, AND 7/9/82.  BY JULY,    1982, THE CONSENT DECREE COVERED 84 WWTP'S.  PRASA VIOLATED  THAT 7/9/82 DECREE.                                            ON 1/18/83, EPA FILED A SECOND, SEPARATE ACTION AGAINST    PRASA ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA AND NPDES PERMITS AT AN ADDITIONAL 16 WWTP'S. (DOCKET NO. 83-0105) (PRASA II)          ON 4/27/84, EPA MOVED THE COURT TO FIND PRASA IN VIOLATION OF THE 7/9/82 CONSENT DECREE AND TO IMPOSE PENALTIES THERE-  UNDER FOR SUCH VIOLATIONS.                                     BOTH THE 1/18/83 COMPLAINT AND THE 4/27/84 MOTION TO EN-   FORCE WERE RESOLVED WITH THE NEGOTIATION AND ENTRY OF A      MODIFIED FINAL JUDGMENT ON 2/22/85.  THE 2/22/85 ORDER       COVERS 92 WWTP'S. (PRASA III)                                  DURING THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1985, IT BECAME APPARENT   TO REGION II THAT PRASA WAS IN SUBSTANTIAL NON-COMPLIANCE    WITH THE 2/22/85 ORDER.  CONSEQUENTLY, ON 11/15/85, EPA      FILED A MOTION TO ENFORCE THE 2/22/85 ORDER.  THE MOTION TO  ENFORCE SOUGHT THE ENTRY OF AN INTERIM

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