# HAMMOND SANITARY DISTRICT
> **Judicial** · FY1992 · — · Superseded by Another Enforcement Action
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28002`
- **Case Number:** 05-1992-0140
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Superseded by Another Enforcement Action
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- HAMMOND, IN - CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- MUNSTER, IN - TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
- SANITARY DISTRICT OF HAMMOND (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

USEPA, REGION 5, HAS HAD A LONG ENFORCEMENT HISTORY WITH THE                                                          HAMMONDSANITARY DISTRICT (HSD).  A CIVIL ACTION WAS FILED BY DOJ IN 1980                                                  TOREQUIRE HSD TO CEASE UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES INTO LAKE      MICHIGAN.                                                    DOJAGAIN FILED A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST HSD IN 1983 FOR        UNPERMITTEDDISCHARGES OF SLUDGES INTO THE GRAND CALUMET      RIVER.  THAT                                                 CIVIL ACTIONWAS RESOLVED IN 1986 WITH THE FILING OF A        CONSENT DECREE.                                              IN 1988,HOWEVER, DOJ INITIATED CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST  HSD FOR                                                      ALLEGEDVIOLATIONS OF THE 1986 CONSENT DECREE, THE MOST       SERIOUS OF WHICH                                             WASHSD'S FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT ITS EPA-APPROVED PRETREATMENT  PROGRAM.                                                     ASYOU KNOW, DOJ AND REGION V TOOK THIS MATTER TO TRIAL IN    11/91                                                        THROUGH1/92.  THE JUDGE HAS NOT RENDERED HIS DECISION YET.       MY REFERRAL TO YOU TODAY IS BASED UPON YEARS OF NATIONAL POLLUTANTDISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT         VIOLATIONS.  AS                                              DETAILED INGREATER DEPTH WITHIN THE REPORT, HSD HAS NOT      SUBMITTED A                             

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