# DETROIT, MICHIGAN-CITY OF/STATE OF MICHIGAN
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · EPA Did Not Pursue
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `27214`
- **Case Number:** 05-1989-0159
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** EPA Did Not Pursue
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DETROIT, MICHIGAN-CITY OF (complaint)
## Summary

THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS VIOLATED ITS NPDES PERMIT BY FAIL- ING TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE ITS APPROVED PRETREATMENT PRO-  GRAM.  THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS BEING JOINED, PURSUANT TO    SECTION 309(E) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.                       -                                                            IN PARTICULAR, DETROIT HAS FAILED TO IMPLEMENT THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS OF ITS APPROVED PRETREATMENT PROGRAM:  SYSTEMA- TICALLY IDENTIFY ALL ITS INDUSTRIAL USERS; FULLY SCREEN      SAMPLING DATA TO DETERMINE IF ITS INDUSTRIAL USERS ARE COM-  PLYING WITH ALL INSTANCES OF NONCOMPLIANCE BY ITS ENFORCE-   MENT RESPONSE BEYOND THE ISSUANCE OF NOTICES OF VIOLATIONS   AND NON-PUNITIVE COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES.  REGION V BELIEVES    THAT DETROIT'S FAILURE TO SCREEN MONITORING DATA FOR COMPLI- ANCE WITH ALL PRETREATMENT STANDARDS, COUPLED WITH THE LACK  OF MEANINGFUL ENFORCEMENT BY DETROIT, MEANS THAT DETROIT IS  FAILING TO IMPLEMENT ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL OBLIGATIONS OF A LOCAL PRETREATMENT PROGRAM:  TO ENSURE THAT INDUSTRIAL USERS COMPLY WITH PRETREATMENT STANDARDS.  REGION V BELIEVES THAT  DETROIT'S FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE ITS PRETREATMENT  PROGRAM IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE POLLUTION OF THE ROUGE RIVER  AND THE DETROIT RIVER, AS WELL AS LAKE ERIE.                 -

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