# VIWAPA
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3013`
- **Case Number:** 02-1988-0392
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $35K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VIRGIN ISLANDS WATER & POWER AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE PERMITTEE, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WATER AND POWER AUTHOR-  ITY (VIWAPA), HAS VIOLATED THE TERMS OF TWO NPDES PERMITS.   ONE PERMIT REGULATES VIPAWA'S FACILITY ON ST. CROIX.  THE    SECOND PERMIT REGULATES VIPAWA'S FACILITY ON ST. THOMAS.     THE PERMITS IMPOSE EFFLUENT LIMITS WHICH REQUIRE THE         APPLICATION OF THE BEST PRACTICABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY       CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THE INDUSTRY.  THE PERMITS ALSO      REQUIRE MONITORING AND REPORTING OF INFLUENTS AND EFFLUENTS. VIWAPA HAS FAILED TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN EFFICIENT OPERATIONS OF ITS POWER GENERATION AND DESALINATION PLANTS   AND HAS FAILED TO PROPERLY SATISFY THE MONITORING AND        REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF ITS PERMITS.                         THE REGION SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY FOR PAST VIOLATIONS OF    THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND A JUDICIAL ORDER THAT IMPOSES AN     OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE REFLECTING THE BEST       PRACTICABLE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE    INDUSTRY AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR STIPULATED PENALTIES FOR      FUTURE FAILURES TO COMPLY WITH THIS SCHEDULE AND LIMITS.       ON MARCH 8, 1988, EPA ISSUED A FINDING OF VIOLATIONS AND   ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO VIWAPA FOR EACH OF ITS PERMITTED      FACILITIES.  AN ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE MEETING WAS HELD IN THE  REGION ON APRIL 13, 1988.                                      A NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY EPA AND     DPNR OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AND VIWAPA HAS SUBMITTED DMRS.  ALL INDICATE CONSISTENT VIOLATION OF P

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