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JOLIET, ILL., CITY OF, & STATE OF ILL.

Judicial · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 25740

$30K
Penalty
$0
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
05-1985-0479
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-2608
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

STATUTE AND REGULATIONS: 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1317(B) AND 40 CFR 403.8. DEFENDANT: CITY OF JOLIET, 150 WEST JEFFERSON STREET, JOLIET, ILLINOIS 60431. VIOLATION: FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF ITS PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AND FAILURE TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE PRE- TREATMENT PROGRAM BY JULY 1, 1983, AS REQUIRED BY THE DEFENDANT'S NPDES PERMIT AND AS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL REGU- LATIONS, 40 CFR 403.8(B), THEREBY, VIOLATING SECTION 307(B) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1317(B). PROPROSED RELIEF: (A) PERMANENT INJUNCTION REQUIRING THAT THE CITY OF JOLIET BE ENJOINED FROM ACCEPTING INTO ITS SEWER SYSTEM ANY SOURCE OF INDUSTRIAL INFLUENT NOT CUR- RENTLY DISCHARGING INTO ITS TREATMENT WORKS AND FROM AC- CEPTING INTO ITS SEWER SYSTEM INCREASED INFLUENT FROM ANY EXISTING INDUSTRIAL SOURCE, UNTIL IT SUBMITS AN APPROVABLE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM TO THE U.S. EPA AND PROPERLY IMPLE- MENTS SAID PROGRAM. (B) A CIVIL PENALTY OF $127,200. CONTACTS WITH DEFENDANT: JOLIET HAS BEEN RECALCITRANT AND TO DATE HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT AN APPROVABLE PROGRAM. SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL OR PRECEDENTIAL LEGAL OR FACTUAL IS- SUES: NONE DATE OF RECEIPT OF INFORMATION WHICH LED TO THE DECISION TO INITIATE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS:

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