# MOORE, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33758`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0015
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $53K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MOORE, OKLAHOMA, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- OKLAHOMA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF CASE                                                  THE CITY OF MOORE (MOORE) OWNS AND OPERATES THE MOORE   WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE REQUIRE-  MENTS OF SECTIONS 301 AND 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.  THIS  SUIT IS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 309(B) AND (E) OF     THIS ACT.                                                      CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 ON JANUARY 14, 1981, MOORE WAS ISSUED A NATIONAL POL-   LUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT.  THIS    PERMIT, AS WELL AS A PREVIOUS PERMIT, CONTAIN FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR DISCHARGES FROM MOORE'S WASTEWATER TREAT-    MENT FACILITY.  AT THE SAME TIME THE NPDES PERMIT WAS        ISSUED, MOORE RECEIVED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO   SECTION 309(A)(5)(A) OF THE ACT.  THIS ORDER ESTABLISHED     INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.  MOORE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COM- PLY WITH BOTH THE INTERIM AND FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS.    BECAUSE IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE MOORE WASTEWATER TREATMENT  PLANT WOULD BE UNABLE TO MEET THE REQUIRED EFFLUENT LIMITA-  TIONS, MOORE IN 1974, APPLIED FOR A STEP 1 GRANT TO CON-     STRUCT ADDITIONAL TREATMENT FACILITIES.  DESPITE AN AD-      MINISTRATIVE ORDER REQUIRING MOORE TO MOVE AHEAD IN THE      CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROCESS, NEITHER STEP 1 NOR STEP 2 HAVE  BEEN FINALIZED.  OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER AND NPDES PER-   MIT REQUIREMENTS DEALING WITH PRETREATMENT PLAN APPROVAL     HAVE BEEN SIMILARLY IGNORED OR COMPLIE

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