# JEFFERSON PARISH
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33763`
- **Case Number:** 06-1983-0020
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $170K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JEFFERSON PARRISH, LA. (complaint) (settlement)
- LOUISIANA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE                                              JEFFERSON PARISH IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER  OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.  THE PARISH OPERATES AND MAIN-    TAINS 15 WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES LOCATED ALONG THE   WEST BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER KNOWN AS THE WEST BANK    SEWAGE DISTRICT.  ALL FIFTEEN FACILITIES ARE SUBJECT  TO     THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS 301 AND 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER  ACT.  THE PARISH IS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING SOURCE OF FECAL     CONTAMINATION IN THE BARATARIA BASIN, A NAVIGABLE WATER.     THIS SUIT IS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO 309(B) OF THE CLEAN       WATER ACT.                                                     CAUSE OF ACTION                                                 EPA ISSUED NPDES PERMITS TO MOST OF THE WEST BANK       FACILITIES IN 1974.  SINCE THAT TIME THE PARISH HAS BEEN     RESPONSIBLE FOR PERSISTENT BYPASSES OF RAW SEWAGE AND EX-    CESSIVE BOD, TSS AND FECAL COLIFORM PERMIT EFFLUENT VIOLA-   TIONS.  THESE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE CAUSED BY HYDRAULIC      OVERFLOWS AND IMPROPER OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.                 ALTHOUGH THESE FACILITIES WILL BE TREATED AS A WHOLE    IN THIS REPORT FOR PURPOSES OF BREVITY AND CLARITY, EACH IS  GOVERNED BY A SEPARATE NPDES PERMIT AND EACH HAS AN INDIVI-  DUAL ENFORCEMENT HISTORY AND LIST OF PERMIT VIOLATIONS EX-   TENDING OVER A SEVERAL YEAR PEORIOD.  THE NINE NONCOMPLAINT  FACILITIES, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO BY NAME RATHER THAN PER- MIT NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY, AR

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