# MAPLE SHADE, NJ, TOWNSHIP OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `2788`
- **Case Number:** 02-1988-0086
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $75K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MAPLE SHADE, NJ, TOWNSHIP OF (complaint) (settlement)
- NEW JERSEY, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

VIOLATIONS OF NPDES PERMITS ISSUED TO THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE   DISCHARGES FROM THE TWO TREATMENT PLANTS INCLUDE EFFLUENT    LIMITATIONS VIOLATIONS, FAILURES TO COMPLY WITH SCHEDULES    OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, AND FAILURES TO OPERATE AND      MAINTAIN THE PLANTS PROPERLY.  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT      THAT IMPOSES AN EXPEDITIOUS CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, INTERIM   OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS, INTERIM EFFLUENT     LIMITATIONS, AND A SEWER BAN.  OUR ONLY RECENT CONTACTS      WITH THE DEFENDANT WERE A SERIES OF PLANT INSPECTIONS        REVEALING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE DEFICIENCIES.            COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS AND GOALS OF THE NATIONAL   MUNICIPAL POLICY ARE THE SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL OR             PRECEDENTIAL LEGAL OR FACTUAL ISSUES.  WE ALSO SEEK A        SUBSTANTIAL CIVIL PENALTY FOR PAST VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT     AND THE PERMITS.  THE PROPOSED PENALTY IS CONSISTENT WITH    THE CLEAN WATER ACT CIVIL PENALTY POLICY.  WHILE WE WILL     SEEK A HIGHER PENALTY, OUR BOTTOM-LINE SETTLEMENT FIGURE     IS $42,000.

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