# SOUTH BEND, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25343`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $43K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTH BEND, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CIVIL REFERRAL UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT                     SOUTH BEND, INDIANA                                          REFERRRED WITH CIVIL LITIGATION REPORTS FOR CAROL STREAM,    ILLINOIS AND GENEVA, ILLINOIS.  CIVIL LITIGATION REPORTS     DOCUMENT SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF THE PRETREATMENT REQUIRE-     MENTS 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 ISSUED     UNDER THE CWA REQUIRED THESE CITIES TO SUBMIT PROGRAMS 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 AGIANST 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 HEADQUARTERS  STAFF AND PERSONNEL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHO      DISCUSSED THESE CASES AT LENGTH WITH

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