# SEABROOK, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `33999`
- **Case Number:** 06-1986-0012
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $35K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SEABROOK, CITY (complaint) (settlement)
## 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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