# NEW ALBANY-CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27183`
- **Case Number:** 05-1989-0128
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $175K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEW ALBANY-CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA, HAS VIOLATED THE CWA BY     DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS THROUGH ITS WASTEWATER TREATMENT      PLANT INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES IN EXCESS   OF THE FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT BY DIS CHARGING RAW AND PARTIALLY TREATED SEWAGE FROM ITS TREATMENT PLANT; BY FAILING TO OPERATE AN INDSUTRIAL PRETREATMENT PRO- GRAM AS REQUIRED BY ITS NPDES PERMIT; BY FAILING TO PROVIDE  AN ADEQUATE ALTERNATIVE POWER SOURCE; AND BY FAILING TO COM- PLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER V-W-89-AO- 04.                                                          -                                                            OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE CITY'S FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT ITS APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM BY FAILING TO SUBMIT MONTHLY   REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PRETREATMENT PROGRAM;   FAILING TO ISSUE DISCHARGE PERMITS TO ALL AFFECTED INDUSTRI- AL USERS; FAILING TO TAKE FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST  INDUSTRIAL USERS THAT WERE IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE POTW'S  PRETREATMENT STANDARDS; FAILING TO PUBLISH IN THE AREA'S     LARGEST DAILY NEWSPAPER A LIST OF THE INDUSTRIAL USERS THAT  SIGNIFICANTLY VIOLATED THE MUNICIPAL SEWER USE ORDINANCE     DURING 1986, 1987 AND 1988; FAILING TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE  STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE POTW'S PRETREATMENT PROGRAM; AND      FAILING TO REQUIRE INDUSTRIAL USERS TO SEMIANNUALLY MONITOR  AND REPORT THE NATURE AND CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS IN     THER EFFLUENT DISCHARGES.

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