4/10/14 - THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE S.D. OF FL ENTERED A CD RESOLVING THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED U.S., STATE OF FL AND STATE OF FL DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION V. MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ON DEC 13, 2012, PURSUANT TO CWA SECTION 309(b) AND (d) AND 504 AND THE FLORIDA AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT, FLA. STAT. CHAPTER 403, SEEKING PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF UNDER SECTIONS 301 AND 402 OF THE CWA AND UNDER FLA. STA. SEC 403.121, 403.141 AND 403.161 FOR (1) UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED SEWAGE FROM THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS AND FLORIDA WATERS; (2) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN NPDES EFFLUENT PERMIT CONDITIONS; (3) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH STANDARD NPDES PERMIT CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SEWER SYSTEM FROM DEC 2007 TO THE FILING OF THE COMPLAINT; AND (4) IMMINENT AND SUBSTANTIAL ENDANGERMENT TO HEALTH AND WELFARE OF PERSONS, AS WELL AS IRREPARABLE INJURY TO HUMAN HEALTH, WATERS AND PROPERTY, INCLUDING ANIMAL, PLANT AND AQUATIC LIFE OF THE STATE, DUE TO THE NUMEROUS SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS; AND THE CONTINUED THREAT OF FAILURE OF MIAMI-DADE'S AGED AND DETERIORATED FORCE MAINS, INCLUDING THE 54-INCH FORCE MAIN UNDERNEATH GOVERNMENT CUT BETWEEN FISHER ISLAND AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH THAT CONVEYS UNTREATED WASTEWATER FROM THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH UNDER BISCAYNE BAY TO THE CENTRAL DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
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