# MUNCIE, CITY OF (MUNCIE SANITARY DIST)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25251`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $75K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MUNCIE SANITARY DISTRICT (complaint) (settlement)
- MUNCIE, IN, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                                            AS DETAILED MORE FULLY IN THE LITIGATION REPORT, THE    CITY OF MUNCIE'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT HAS BEEN IN      CONTINUOUS VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE NPDES PERMIT LIMITATIONS  SINCE 1981.  THIS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO MUNCIE'S FAILURE TO   EFFECTIVELY REMOVE SLUDGE SOLIDS FROM THE WASTEWATER TREAT-  MENT PROCESS AND EXCESSIVE OVERLOADING OF INFLUENT ON THE    EXISTING FACILITY.  BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTE TO A   LARGE SLUDGE BUILD-UP IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MSD.        BOTH THE INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE U.S. EPA HAVE ISSUED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS REQUIRING COMPLIANCE.      NEVERTHELESS, MUNCIE HAS FAILED TO REMEDY ITS SLUDGE REMOVAL AND HYDRAULIC OVERLOADING PROBLEMS.                               U.S. EPA WILL SEEK A FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE ORDER WHICH  PROVIDES FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND SATISFACTORY REDUCTION IN THE  FACILITY'S SOLIDS INVENTORY, THE COMMITMENT BY MUNCIE TO A   CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE FOR UPGRADING THE FACILITY, APPR0-     PRIATE PENALTIES FOR PAST VIOLATIONS, AND STIPULATED         PENALTIES FOR FUTURE VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

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