# KEARNY, N.J., TOWN OF
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2731`
- **Case Number:** 02-1987-0637
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $85K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KEARNY, TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
- NEW JERSEY, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PERMITTEE, THE TOWN OF KEARNY, NEW JERSEY, HAS         VIOLATED THE TERMS OF ITS NJPDES PERMIT.  THE PERMIT         IMPOSES INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS AND FINAL LIMITS, EXPRESSED  AS 'NO DISCHARGE', EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 1987.  THE TOWN    OF KEARNY IS ALSO IN VIOLATION OF THE COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE    IN ITS PERMIT, WHICH REQUIRES THE TOWN OF KEARNY TO TAKE     STEPS TO CONNECT ITS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO A REGIONAL    SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY OPERATED BY THE PASSAIC VALLEY     SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS (PVSC), LOCATED IN NEWARK, NEW        JERSEY.  THE CURRENT PERMIT ALSO CONTAINS REQUIREMENTS TO    PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE KEARNY PLANT AND IMPOSES   SAMPLING AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS.  THE TOWN OF KEARNY    HAS FAILED TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EFFICIENT OPERATION       OF ITS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.                                 THE REGION SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY FOR PAST VIOLATIONS OF    THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND A JUDICIAL ORDER THAT IMPOSES A      CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, THAT REQUIRES THE TOWN OF KEARNY TO CONNECT TO THE PVSC FACILITY  AND CEASE DISCHARGE FROM THE KEARNY SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT   AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR STIPULATED PENALTIES FOR FUTURE        FAILURES TO COMPLY WITH THIS SCHEDULE AND LIMITS.            *                                                            FACILITY NAME:  KEARNY STP                                                   39 CENTRAL AVE                                               KEARNY, NJ 07032      

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