# MADISON, INDIANA - CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27129`
- **Case Number:** 05-1989-0069
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $30K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- INDIANA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- MADISON, INDIANA - CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

* * * 3/24/89 MINI-LIT * * *                       THE CITY OF MADISON, INDIANA, HAS VIOLATED THE CLEAN WATER ACT THROUGH ITS FAILURE TO ACHIEVE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DIS-   CHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITA-    TIONS.  SPECIFICALLY, ON A CONSISTENT BASIS THE CITY HAS     FAILED TO ACHIEVE ITS EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR BIOCHEMICAL   OXYGEN DEMAND AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS.  FURTHER, THE CITY HAS BYPASSED RAW AND PARTIALLY TREATED SEWAGE IN VIOLATION   OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT.  U.S. EPA IS RE- QUESTING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN THE FORM OF IMPROVEMENTS TO    THE CITY OF MADISON'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY TO       ENABLE THE CITY TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIMITS SET    FORTH IN ITS PERMIT.  U.S. EPA IS ALSO SEEKING A CIVIL       PENALTY AGAINST THE CITY OF MADISON.                                         * * * 6/19/90 REFERRAL * * *                   ACTION BROUGHT PURSUANT TO CLEAN WATER ACT AGAINST MUNICI- PALITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF NPDES PERMIT ISSUED TO THE CITY OF  MADISON, INDIANA'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS.  VIOLATIONS   OF THE PERMIT'S LIMITATION FOR BOD AND TSS WERE THE BASIS OF THIS ACTION.  REFERRAL INCLUDES CONSENT DECREE WHICH SETS    FORTH A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE AND ASSESSES A CIVIL PENALTY.

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