# NEORSD - NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27007`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0311
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $40K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEORSD (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REFERRAL IS BEING WRITTEN AND PROCESSED PRIOR TO SENDING   TO DOJ.                                                      A.  BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE CASE                        NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT (NEORSD) HAS BEEN     OPERATING ITS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) IN VIOLATION OF ITS NPDES PERMIT LIMITATIONS SINCE JANUARY 1, 1985, AND   CONSEQUENTLY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.  NEORSD IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO MEET ALL OF ITS FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITA TIONS, IN VIOLATION OF THE CWA'S STATUTORY DEADLINE OF JULY  1, 1988.                                                     B.  CASE OF ACTION                                           NEORSD'S WWTP DISCHARGE IS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF    THE CWA.  SECTION 309(B) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 319   (B), PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY FOR U.S. EPA TO SEEK PERMANENT   OR TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE CWA, A  PERMIT, OR A U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER.                  C.  PROPOSED REMEDY                                          IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE CWA, NEORSD MUST COM MIT TO A FIXED JUDICIALLY ENFORCEABLE SCHEDULE TO MEET FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AND ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN ITS NPDES PERMIT AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.                         CONSENT DECREE ENTERED 9-22-98; $40,000 PENALTY

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