# BOONEVILLE, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25227`
- **Case Number:** 05-1983-0046
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $26K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BOONEVILLE, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- INDIANA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF BOONVILLE, INDIANA, OWNS AND OPERATES A PUB-   LICLY-OWNED WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS (POTW) THAT TREATS    WASTEWATER FROM RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL      SOURCES LOCATED IN BOONVILLE, WARRICK COUNTY, INDIANA.  FOR  THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN IN SERIOUS VIO-    LATION OF NPDES REQUIREMENTS.  MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, IT HAS    SUBMITTED FALSE AND INACCURATE EFFLUENT MONITORING DATA TO   U.S. EPA.  LABORATORY METHODOLOGIES TO MONITOR THE EFFLUENT,  AS REQUIRED TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE CITY'S NPDES PERMIT,     ARE HAPHAZARD AND IMPROPER.  FURTHER, THESE LABORATORY METH- ODOLOGIES WERE THE SUBJECT OF A U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE OR-  DER THAT REQUIRED COMPLIANCE WITH RELEVANT PERMIT REQUIRE-   MENTS.  THE RESPONSE TO THE U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER    CONTAINED SIGNIFICANT MISREPRESENTATIONS OF FACT.  ADDI-     TIONALLY, MONITORING DATA HAS NOT BEEN RETAINED, AS RE-      QUIRED, AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S NPDES PERMIT.  FINALLY,    U.S. EPA HAS LEARNED, AS A RESULT OF A COMPLIANCE EVALUATION  INSPECTION (CEI) IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, THAT THE OPERATORS  OF THIS FACILITY CEASE CHLORINATION OF THE DISCHARGE BETWEEN  THE HOURS OF 6:00 PM AND 6:00 AM.  THIS IS ALSO A VIOLATION OF THE CITY'S NPDES REQUIREMENT.  BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL   CRIMINAL IMPLICATIONS OF THESE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS, THE RE-   GION V CRIMINAL INSPECTION DIVISION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT  THESE MATTERS.                                                    WHILE ANY ONE OF THESE VIOLATIONS

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