# DERIDDER, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33886`
- **Case Number:** 06-1985-0002
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DERIDDER, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- LOUISIANA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  THE CITY OF DERIDDER IS LOCATED IN        BEAUREGARD PARISH, LA. AND OPERATES THE CITY'S WASTEWATER    TREATMENT FACILITY.  THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN      APPROVABLE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM IN 1982 IN ACCORDANCE WITH   THE CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN ITS NPDES PERMIT.                TO DATE THE CITY HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT AN APPROVABLE          PRETREATMENT PROGRAM AND HAS FAILED TO JUSTIFY THE THREE     YEAR DELAY FOR A PROGRAM WHICH SHOULD TAKE ONLY SIX MONTHS   TO DEVELOP.  THIS SUIT IS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO SECTION      309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.                                CAUSE OF ACTION:  THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY     HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE PROB-    LEMS.  THE CITY TREATS THE WASTEWATER OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT   INDUSTRIES EACH DAY.  THE EXACT NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES IS      UNKNOWN SINCE THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL SURVEY SUBMITTAL, PART   OF THE PRETREATMENT REGULATION REQUIREMENTS, WAS INCOMP-     LETE AND CONTAINED CONFLICTING INFORMATION.  THE CITY HAS    ALSO EXPERIENCED PERMIT EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS WHICH MAY AT     LEAST IN PART BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO INDUSTRIAL INFLUENT.        A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM COULD ADEQUATELY ASCERTAIN WHE-       THER A PROBLEM EXISTS AND ACCURATELY IDENTIFY THE MAJOR      CAUSE(S).  ALSO, A PRETREATMENT PROGRAM WOULD ADEQUATELY     ADDRESS ANY OTHER INDUSTRIAL INFLUENT PROBLEMS.  ADDITION-   ALLY, A RECENT INSPECTION NOTED BYPASS PROBLEMS AT THE       FACILITY, INCOMPLETE NONCOMPLIANCE

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