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DONNA, CITY OF

Judicial · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 34248

$60K
Penalty
Cost recovery
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1987-0222
Type
Judicial
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
DOJ Docket
90-5-1-1-3022
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (3)

Summary

DATA SHEET: * DEFENDANTS: CITY OF DONNA, TX OWNS AND OPERATES THE PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT PLANT LOCATED AT 921 MILLER AVE., DONNA, TX 78537; THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND TWO INDUSTRIAL USERS, TO WIT TAORMINA CO, WHICH IS A VEGETABLE CANNING CO LOCATED AT 224 S. 13TH ST, DONNA, TX 78537; AND KNAPP-SHERRILL CO, WHICH IS ALSO A VEGETABLE AND CITRUS JUICE CANNING CO LOCATED AT 307 S. 12TH ST., DONNA, TX 78537. * VIOLATIONS: THE CITY OF DONNA HAS VIOLATED THE EFFLUENT LIMITS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT SINCE 1983, AND HAS VIOLATED THE INTERIM EFFLU- ENT LIMITS AS ESTABLISHED BY AO NO. VI-86-1234, SINCE JAN 1986. THE EFFLUENT VIOLATIONS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES FROM TAORMINA AND KNAPP-SHERRILL COM- PANIES AND POOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY'S WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. * PROPOSED RELIEF: SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE, WHICH SHOULD ENCOMPASS A CIVIL PENALTY AND REMEDIAL RELIEF TO INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND SCHEDULES FOR INDUSTRIAL PRETREATMENT FACILITIES, ANY NEEDED EXPANSION OF

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