# BLYTHEVILLE, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33887`
- **Case Number:** 06-1985-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARKANSAS, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- BLYTHEVILLE, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  THE CITY OF BLYTHEVILLE IS LOCATED IN     MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, AR. AND OPERATES THE CITY'S THREE        WASTEWATER FACILITIES.  DESPITE SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIVE       ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE       CITY HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT AN APPROVABLE PRETREATMENT PRO-    GRAM TO EPA PURSUANT TO THE CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN TWO OF   THE CITY'S NPDES PERMITS (AR0022578 AND AR0022560).  DIS-    CHARGES REGULATED BY AR0022578 AND AR0022586 ARE THE ONLY    ONES WITH INDUSTRIAL INFLUENT, BUT THE PRETREATMENT PROG-    RAM WILL APPLY CITY WIDE.  THERE ARE OTHER PERMIT VIOLA-     TIONS INCLUDED.  THIS SUIT IS REQUESTED PURSUANT TO SECT-    ION 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT.                            CAUSE OF ACTION:  THE CITY TREATS THE WASTEWATER OF MORE       THAN TEN DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES EACH DAY.  THE EXACT NUMBER    OF INDUSTRIES IS UNKNOWN SINCE THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL SUR-    VEY, PART OF THE PRETREATMENT REGULATION REQUIREMENTS, HAS   BEEN INCOMPLETE.  INFLUENT DATA FOR THE CITY, AS REVIEWED    DURING THE MOST RECENT COMPLIANCE SAMPLING INSPECTION, IN-   DICATES THAT INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF    THE ORGANIC LOAD AND OF THE TOTAL INFLUENT SOLIDS.  AN       APPROVABLE PRETREATMENT PROGRAM WOULD ADEQUATELY ADDRESS     INDUSTRIAL INFLUENT PROBLEMS.  THE CITY HAS ALSO EXPERIEN-   CED PERMIT VIOLATIONS AND QUALITY CONTROL VIOLATIONS.      JUSTIFICATION:  THE REGIONAL OFFICE HAS ATTEMPTED ON SEVERAL   OCCASIONS THROUGH VARIOUS ADMINIST

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