# HAMILTON COUNTY
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31314`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0750
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CITY OF CINCINNATI, OH (complaint) (settlement)
- HAMILTON COUNTY (MUDDY CREEK) (complaint) (settlement)
- STATE OF OHIO (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

I. SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE.                                        HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO, OWNS SIX MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER      TREATMENT PLANTS ( WWTPS ) AND THE SEWER SYSTEM WHICH FEEDS  INTO THESE TREATMENT PLANTS.  THE CITY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,  MANAGES AND OPERATES THOSE WWTPS AND THE SEWER SYSTEM.       (HEREINAFTER, HAMILTON COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CINCINNATI     SHALL BE REFERRED TO COLLECTIVELY AS THE  DEFENDANTS. ) FOR  A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE DEFENDANTS HAVE VIOLATED THE CLEAN    WATER ACT IN SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT RESPECTS.  THESE VIOLATIONS WILL CONTINUE UNLESS THE DEFENDANTS SPEND HUNDREDS OF        MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (AND PROBABLY OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS)  TO IMPROVE THEIR WWTPS AND COLLECTION SYSTEM.                   SPECIFICALLY, THE DEFENDANTS' VIOLATIONS CONSIST OF THE   FOLLOWING:  MILL CREEK WWTP EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS: THE         DEFENDANTS HAVE VIOLATED EFFLUENT LIMITS IN THE NPDES PERMIT APPLICABLE TO DISCHARGES FROM THE MILL CREEK WWTP.              BYPASS VIOLATIONS: THE DEFENDANTS HAVE VIOLATED THE BY-   PASS CONDITIONS IN THE NPDES PERMITS APPLICABLE TO THE MILL  CREEK WWTP BY BYPASSING FLOWS AROUND THE SECONDARY TREATMENT PORTION OF THE MILL CREEK WWTP WHEN INSTANTANEOUS FLOW RATES THROUGH THE SECONDARY CLARIFIERS WERE LESS THAN 130 MILLION  GALLONS PER DAY ( MGD ).                                        MONITORING AND REPORTING VIOLATIONS: THE DEFENDANTS HAVE  VIOLATED THE MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN THE    NPDES PERMITS APPLICABLE TO THE MILL

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