# ELYRIA, CITY OF (ELYRIA STP)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25253`
- **Case Number:** 05-1984-0007
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $130K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CITY OF OHIO (complaint) (settlement)
- ELYRIA, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                                            THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO (ELYRIA), HAS OPERATED ITS     WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IN VIOLATION OF ITS FINAL NPDES   PERMIT LIMITATIONS SINCE JULY 1, 1977.  THROUGH AN EXERCISE  OF THEIR ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION, HOWEVER, THE OHIO ENVIRON-  MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND U.S. EPA ISSUED AN ENFORCEMENT  COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE LETTER (ECSL) TO THE CITY.  THE ECSL     GAVE THE CITY ADDITIONAL TIME WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLY WITH    APPLICABLE NPDES PERMIT REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED CERTAIN        ACTIONS WERE TAKEN BY THE CITY.                                   ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1983, U.S. EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO THE CITY.  THIS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, ISSUED PUR-   SUANT TO SECTION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, ON ITS FACE RE- VOKED THE ECSL.  THE ORDER FOUND, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT   ELYRIA HAD FAILED TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH FINAL PERMIT    LIMITATIONS, THAT ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS   WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING ELYRIA'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT     PLANT INTO COMPLIANCE, AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THAT FEDERAL   CONSTRUCTION GRANT MONIES WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY OF ELYRIA TO DEVELOP A MUNICIPAL COMPLIANCE PLAN (MCP) BY    DECEMBER 1, 1984, TO EXAMINE FINANCING MECHANISMS AVAILABLE  TO ACHIEVE THIS COMPLIANCE, AND TO EVALUATE VARIOUS TREAT-   MENT TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE TO EFFECT COMPLIANCE.                 UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY'S RESPONSE WAS INTRANSIGENT:    FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION GRANT MONIES ARE 

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