# CAROL STREAM, IL - VILLAGE OF
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25341`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $15K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CAROL STREAM, VILLAGE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- ILLINOIS, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CIVIL REFERRAL UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT                     CAROL STREAM, ILLINOIS                                       REFERRED WITH CIVIL LITIGATION REPORTS FOR GENEVA, ILLINOIS, AND SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.  CIVIL LITIGATION REPORTS DOCUMENT  SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE PRETREATMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE   CLEAN WATER ACT.                                               BACKGROUND:                                                     EACH OF THE THREE REPORTS IS SIMILAR IN THE FACTUAL     BACKGROUND LEADING TO THE VIOLATIONS.  IN EACH CASE, U.S.    EPA REGULATIONS REQUIRED THESE MUNICIPALITIES TO SUBMIT      APPROVABLE PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS BY JULY 1, 1983.  IN EACH   CASE, APPLICABLE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION    SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMITS REQUIRED THE SUBMITTALS BY DATES      CERTAIN.  FINALLY, U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS (AO'S)     ISSUED UNDER THE CWA REQUIRED THESE CITIES TO SUBMIT PRE-    GRAMS BY NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1985.  UNFORTUNATELY, IN      EACH CASE, NO FULLY APPROVABLE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED   BY U.S. EPA.                                                      THESE REFERRALS ARE SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO A HEAD-    QUARTERS INITIATIVE AGAINST MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE FAILED  TO SUBMIT, BY THIS LATE DATE, APPROVABLE PROGRAMS.  EACH OF  THESE REPORTS IS QUITE SPECIFIC IN DETAILING THE DEFICIEN-   CIES THAT RENDER THE PROGRAMS UNAPPROVABLE.  THIS SPECIFI-   CITY WAS INCLUDED AT THE REQUEST OF MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF    AND PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

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