# HAMMOND SANITARY DISTRICT(MUNSTER)
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25191`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HAMMOND MUNSTER SANITARY DIST (complaint) (settlement)
- HAMMOND, IN CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- INDIANA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- INDIANA, TOWN OF MUNSTER (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE SANITARY DISTRICT OF    HAMMOND-MUNSTER (SDHM) FOR DISCHARGING SLUDGE AND SLUDGE RE- LATED WASTE FROM THE SLUDGE LAGOONS AT ITS WASTEWATER TREAT- MENT PLANT INTO THE GRAND CALUMET RIVER, IN VIOLATION OF ITS CURRENT NPDES PERMIT NO.IN0023060.                             SDHM OWNS AND OPERATES TWO SLUDGE LAGOONS IMMEDIATELY AD-  JACENT TO THE GRAND CALUMET RIVER.  THESE SLUDGE LAGOONS     ARE AND HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY FULL SINCE AT LEAST FEBRUARY    1982, YET SDHM CONTINUES TO DISCHARGE SLUDGE TO THESE LAGOON AT THE RATE OF 120,000 GALLONS PER DAY.  AS A RESULT, THE    SLUDGE BEING DISCHARGED EITHER FLOWS OVER THE DIKES OR       LEECHES FROM THESE LAGOONS INTO EROSION CHANNELS WHICH DIS-  CHARGE DIRECTLY TO THE GRAND CALUMET RIVER.  THIS RIVER NOW  HAS AN EXTENSIVE BUILDUP OF SLUDGE ALONG ITS NORTH BANK      WHICH IS CAUSING DETERIORATION OF WATER QUALITY IN THE RIVER   STATE OF INDIANA MOVED TO REALIGN AS A PLAINTIFF.

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