# NEWBURGH, TOWN OF (INDIANA)
> **Judicial** · FY1999 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31451`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0065
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- NEWBURGH, TOWN OF (INDIANA) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE TOWN OF NEWBURGH, INDIANA HAS BEEN ISSUED TWO ADMINISTRA TIVE ORDERS TO COMPLY WITH ITS NPDES PERMIT FOR ITS WASTE    TREATMENT PLAN.  THE FIRST ORDER WAS ISSUED IN 1993; THE     SECOND IN 1997.  PERMIT VIOLATIONS INCLUDE EXCURSIONS OF     EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS AT TWO OUTFALLS WHICH DISCHATGE TO THE  OHIO RIVER AND A TRIBUTARY OF THE OHIO RIVER (CYPRESS CREEK) OTHER PERMIT VIOLATIONS INCLUDE PROBIBITED SANITARY SEWER    OVERFLOWS AND DEFICIENCIES IN MEETING MONITORING REQUIRE-    MENTS.  THE REFERRAL REQUESTS THAT CIVIL PENALTIES AND       INJUNCTIVE RELIEF BE SOUGHT AGAINST THE TOWN OF NEWBURGH     FOR CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS.                              CWA (MUNICIPAL)                                              ON 10/12/01 U.S. EPA ISSUED A REVISED DRAFT CONSENT DECREE   TO THE TOWN.  THE TOWN PLANS TO MEET WITH DOJ AND U.S. EPA   IN MARCH 2002 IN AN ATTEMPT TO FINALIZE SETTLEMENT NEGOTIA-  TIONS.  MUCH OF THE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF THAT THE U.S. ORIGINAL LY SOUGHT HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY THE TOWN AS PART OF ITS      PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT.

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