# LAFAYETTE, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `25344`
- **Case Number:** 05-1985-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $30K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- LAFAYETTE, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CLEAN WATER ACT PRETREATMENT REFERRAL                        CITY OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA                                     BACKGROUND:                                                     U.S. EPA REGULATIONS REQUIRED THE SUBMITTAL OF AN       APPROVABLE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM BY JULY 1, 1983.  IN THE     CASE OF THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE, THE APPLICABLE NATIONAL       POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT        REQUIRED THE SUBMITTAL BY NOVEMBER 1, 1981.  DESPITE         NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS BY REGION V AND THE STATE OF INDIANA TO    ELICIT SUCH A PROGRAM THAT IS APPROVABLE IN ALL RESPECTS.    THE LITIGATION REPORT IS QUITE SPECIFIC IN DETAILING THE     MANY DEFICIENCIES IN LAFAYETTE'S SUBMITTALS.                   THIS LITIGATION REPORT IS SUMITTED IN RESPONSE TO A        HEADQUARTERS' REQUEST FOR A PRETREATMENT ENFORCEMENT INI-    TIATIVE.  IT WAS PREPARED BY THE WATER DIVISION AND THE      OFFICE OF REGIONAL COUNSEL, AND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, IN       DETAIL, WITH MEMBERS OF HEADQUARTERS STAFF, AND THE DEPART-  MENT OF JUSTICE.

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