# PORT CLINTON, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30321`
- **Case Number:** 05-1997-0389
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** $60K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PORT CLINTON, CITY OF (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL ADDRESSES NUMEROUS UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES,    FAILURES TO MONITOR AND REPORT UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES,      EXCEEDENCES OF EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, NONCOMPLIANCE WITH AN   ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED BY U.S. EPA, AND NONCOMPLIANCE   WITH THE SLUDGE REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN 40 C.F.R. PART 503. THE MOST ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL AND EREGIOUS VIOLATIONS     CENTER AROUND UNAUTHORIZED AND UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF     UNTREATED WASTEWATER AND PORT CLINTON'S FAILURE TO REPORT    THESE DISCHARGES. PORT CLINTON OPERATES A COMBINED SEWER     SYSTEM (CSS), IN WHICH PRECIPITATION EVENTS BRING ABOUT      BYPASSES. HOWEVER, PORT CLINTON IS REQUIRED TO MAXIMIZE FLOW THROUGH THE TREATMENT PLANT PRIOR TO BYPASSING. PART II., F4 OF PORT CLINTON'S NPDES PERMIT. FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL      YEARS, PORT CLINTON DID NOT OPERATE ITS PRIMARY CLARIFIERS   AND GRIT CHAMBERS, AND,THEREFORE, DID NOT MAXIMIZE THE       USAGE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PRIOR TOBYPASSING.   PORT CLINTON FAILED TO REPORT MANY OF THESE UNATHORIZED      DISCHARGES.

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