# IDABEL, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34366`
- **Case Number:** 06-1988-0123
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- IDABEL, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS:                                                    *                                                            THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE CITY OF IDABEL, OK, FOR   VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 USC 1251,      ET SEQ.                                                      *                                                            IDABEL HAS A POPULATION OF APPROX 7,600.  VIOLATIONS CON-    CERN IDABEL'S 2.5 MILLION GALLON PER DAY WASTE WATER TREAT-  MENT PLANT THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING W/TREATMENT UNITS BYPAS-  SED DURING DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS RESULTING IN BYPASSERS OF  UNTREATED WASTEATER INTO MUD CREEK BOTH AT THE POTW AND IN   THE COLLECTION SYSTEM DURING WET WEATHER CONDITIONS.  THIS   ACTION SEEKS A MINIMUM PENALTY OF $20,000 FOR BYPASSES OF    THE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, INFLOW AND INFILTRATION OF  THE COLLECTION LINES, PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, IMPROPER  OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND INADEQUATE REPORTING.  IN-    JUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDE A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE TO COM- PLETE TREATMENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS AND TO COMPLETE COLLEC-  TION LINES, PERMIT EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, IMPROPER OPERATION  AND MAINTENANCE, AND INADEQUATE REPORTING.  INJUNCTIVE       RELIEF SOUGHT INCLUDES A COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE     TREATMENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS AND TO COMPLETE COLLECTION     LINE REHABILITATION PLUS INTERIM LIMITATIONS FOR BOD AND     TSS TO ACCOMMODATE ELIMINATION OF BYPASS OF UNTREATED WASTE  WATER FROM THE TREATEMENT PLANT DURI

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