# FREEPORT, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33759`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0016
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $27K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FREEPORT, TEXAS CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- TEXAS, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              THE CITY OF FREEPORT OWNS AND OPERATES TWO SEWAGE       TREATMENT PLANTS -  A SMALL PACKAGE TREATMENT PLANT KNOWN    AS THE SLAUGHTER ROAD PLANT AND ITS MAIN SEWAGE TREATMENT    PLANT LOCATED IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, TEXAS.  BOTH PLANTS ARE    SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 301 AND 402 OF THE   CLEAN WATER ACT.  THIS SUIT IS FOR VIOLATIONS OCCURING AT    THE MAIN SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND IS REQUESTED PURSUANT    TO SECTION 309(B) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.                      CAUSE OF THE ACTION                                             THE CITY OF FREEPORT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FREQUENT AND    PERSISTENT VIOLATIONS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT.  SINCE SEPTEMBER,  1979 THE CITY HAS CONSISTENTLY VIOLATED ITS FINAL EFFLUENT  LIMITATIONS FOR BOD AND TSS.  THE CITY HAS FREQUENTLY BY-    PASSED PORTIONS OF ITS TREATMENT FACILITY AND FAILED TO SUB- MIT REPORTS OF THESE BYPASSES.  IN ADDITION, THE CITY HAS    FAILED TO COMPLY WITH ITS PERMIT CONDITION REQUIRING THE     SUBMISSION OF NONCOMPLIANCE REPORTS.  TWO ADMINISTRATIVE     ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED; THE LAST ORDER WAS ISSUED ON        AUGUST 18, 1982 AND REQUIRED THE CITY TO CORRECT ITS OPERA-  TIONAL PROBLEMS BY OCTOBER 1, 1982 AND ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE    WITH ITS FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS BY JANUARY 1, 1983.      SINCE THE ISSUANCE OF THE LAST ORDER, THE VIOLATIONS OF THE  FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS HAVE CONTINUED, AND IN MOST IN-   STANCES, ARE SIGNIFICANTLY  HIGHER THA

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