# BRAZOS RIVER AUTH (WACO, TEMPLE-BELTON)
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33888`
- **Case Number:** 06-1985-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $91K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

NATURE OF THE CASE:  THE BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY (BRA) OWNS     AND OPERATES FOUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE     STATE OF TEXAS: WACO #1, WACO #2, TEMPLE-BELTON AND SUGAR-   LAND.  ALTHOUGH EACH FACILITY OPERATES UNDER A VALID NPDES   PERMIT, ONLY THREE PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE REQUIRED FOR    THE FACILITIES SINCE WACO #1 AND WACO #2 ARE CONSIDERED      ONE PROGRAM.  BRA WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THREE APPROVABLE    PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CONDITIONS CON-     TAINED IN EACH RESPECTIVE NPDES PERMIT AT VARIOUS TIMES      BETWEEN 1976 AND 1984.  BRA HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH PRE-   VIOUS ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE IMPLORING IT    TO SUBMIT THE RESPECTIVE PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS.  TO DATE     BRA HAS FAILED TO JUSTIFY THE SEVERAL YEARS OF DELAY FOR A   PROGRAM WHICH SHOULD HAVE TAKEN NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS TO   DEVELOP.                                                   CAUSE OF ACTION: AT LEAST SEVEN MUNICIPALITIES AND OVER 100    INDUSTRIES COLLECTIVELY CONTRIBUTE WASTE TO BRA'S PLANTS.    THE EXACT NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES IS UNKNOWN SINCE BRA'S IN-    DUSTRIAL USER SURVEYS ARE EITHER INCOMPLETE OR IN NEED OF    UPDATING.  BRA HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED PERMIT EFFLUENT VIO-     LATIONS AT EACH FACILITY WHICH MAY, AT LEAST IN PART, BE     ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE QUALITY OF INDUSTRIAL INFLUENT. ADDI-    TIONALLY, TWO MAJOR FISH KILLS HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THE   DISCHARGE FROM THE WACO FACILITIES TO THE BRAZOS RIVER       ACCORDING TO STATE AUTHORITIES.  A

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