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SEABROOK, CITY OF

Judicial · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 33999

$35K
Penalty
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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1986-0012
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-2735
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

DATA SHEET: * VIOLATIONS: THE CITY OF SEABROOK, TX, HAS BEEN IN SERIOUS VIOLATION OF ITS NPDES PERMIT FOR OVER THREE YEARS. IN ADDITION, IT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF AOS ISSUED BY REGION VI. * PROPOSED RELIEF: REGION VI PROPOSES A PENALTY OF $30,000 PLUS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS ADDRESSED IN THE LITIGATION REPORT. * RECENT CONTACT W/DEFENDANT: AN AO WAS ISSUED ON AUG 30, 1985. WHEN THE CITY OF SEA- BROOK FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, A SHOW CAUSE MEETING WAS HELD ON DEC 4, 1985. * * CASE SYNOPSIS: THE CITY OF SEABROOK, TX, OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY THAT TREATS AND DISCHARGES MUNICIPAL WASTE INTO PINE GULLY, THENCE TO GALVESTON BAY IN SEGMENT NO. 2421 OF THE TRINITY-SAN JACINTO ESTUARY. FOR OVER THREE YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN IN SERIOUS VIOLATION OF ITS NPDES PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. THE VIOLATIONS ARE DUE PRIMARILY TO EXCESSIVE HYDRAULIC LOADING ON TH

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