# GREEN FOREST, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34169`
- **Case Number:** 06-1987-0006
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $15K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- GREEN FOREST, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

DATA SHEET:                                                  *                                                            VIOLATIONS:                                                  THE CITY OF GREEN FOREST, AR, HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF ITS   NPDES PERMIT FOR FIVE YEARS.  IN ADDITION, IT HAS VIOLATED   AOS ISSUED BY THE REGION.                                    *                                                            PROPOSED RELIEF:                                             REGION VI RECOMMENDS AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE CITY OF       GREEN FOREST, REQUIRING IT TO COMPLY WITH THE PERMIT LIMITS. GREEN FOREST SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO UPGRADE ITS FACILITY SO   THAT IT CAN HANDLE THE WASTEWATER FROM INDUSTRIAL USERS      OR CUT OFF THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL USER.                        *                                                            *                                                            CASE SYNOPSIS:                                               THE CITY OF GREEN FOREST, AR, OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREATEMENT FACILITY IN NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS.  THE FACILITY  DISCHARGES MUNICIPAL WASTE INTO DRY CREEK, THENCE TO LONG    CREEK IN THE WHITE RIVER BASIN.                              *                                                            GREEN FOREST HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION OF ITS NPDES PERMIT       SINCE NOV 1981.  IT HAS ALSO VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THE       AOS ISSUED BY THE EPA; SPECIFICALLY, IT HAS NEITHER          COMPLIED WITH THE INTERIM LIMITS OR 

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