# CLARKSVILLE (U.S.A. V.)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25252`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $15K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CLARKSVILLE, IN, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- INDIANA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                                  THE DEFENDANTS NAMED IN THIS REFERRAL ARE THE TOWN OF   CLARKSVILLE, INDIANA, AND THE STATE OF INDIANA.                   THE DEFENDANT TOWN OPERATES TWO MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER    TREATMENT FACILITIES, EACH OF WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HANDLE    0.9 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER PER DAY.  SINCE 1981, THE  TOWN HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1311 ET SEQ.  BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH           CLARKSVILLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES HAVE HAD SERIOUS AND RECURRING VIOLATIONS OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS CON-    TAINED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE      ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS.  THE TOWN HAS EXPERI-    ENCED SIGNIFICANT AND RECURRING VIOLATIONS OF BIOCHEMICAL    OXYGEN DEMAND, SUSPENDED SOLIDS AND FECAL COLIFORM PARA-     METERS AT BOTH ITS PLANTS.  U.S. EPA ISSUED ADMINISTRATIVE   ORDERS TO THE TOWN ON DECEMBER 21, 1982, AND SEPTEMBER 9,    1983.                                                             IN RESPONSE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED          DECEMBER 21, 1982, THE TOWN SUBMITTED A FACILITIES PLAN TO   THE INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND U.S. EPA, SEEKING A    FEDERAL GRANT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER       TREATMENT PLANT THAT WOULD REPLACE THE TWO EXISTING WASTE-   WATER TREATMENT PLANTS.  THAT PLAN WAS NOT CERTIFIED BY THE  STATE OF INDIANA BUT WAS RETURNED TO THE TOWN FOR MODIFICA-  TIONS.  DURING THIS INTERIM, THE NEW S

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