# ABBEVILLE, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34353`
- **Case Number:** 06-1988-0109
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ABBEVILLE, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- LOUISIANA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

CASE SUMMARY:                                                *                                                            THE CITY OF ABBEVILLE OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREAT-  MENT FACILITY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS REFERRAL.         *                                                            VIOLATIONS:                                                  VIOLATION OF FINAL EFFLUENT LIMITS HAS CONTINUED SINCE       1983.  ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS INCLUDE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH  AOS, WHICH CONTAINED SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES.         *                                                            PROPOSED RELIEF:                                             SETTLEMENT IN THE FORM OF A CONSENT DECREE WITH A MINIMUM    CIVIL PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $24,000.                      *                                                            RECENT CONTACT:                                              THE MOST RECENT MEETINGS WITH CITY REPRESENTATIVES WAS HELD  IN SEPT. 1987, SUBSEQUENT TO WHICH THIS ACTION WAS RECOM-    MENDED.  TO DATE, PERMIT AND AO VIOLATIONS CONTINUE.         *                                                            NATIONAL ISSUES:                                             NATIONAL MUNICIPAL POLICY REQUIRES ALL CITIES TO ACHIEVE     COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT NO LATER THAN JULY 1, 1988.  AN      EXTENSION MAY ONLY BE GRANTED WHEN PHYSICAL IMPOSSIBILITY    PROHIBITS MEETING THE DEADLINE.  IN SUCH A CASE THE ONLY     LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF EXTENDIN

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