# DUNCAN, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `34654`
- **Case Number:** 06-1989-0104
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $45K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- DUNCAN, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS:                                                    *                                                            DUNCAN, OK IS A TOWN OF SLIGHTLY OVER 22,000 PEOPLE LOCATED  IN SOUTH CENTRAL OK ALONG THE EAST BANK OF CLARIDY CREEK IN  THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 1S, RANGE 7W.  THE CITY   OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH A DESIGN CAPACITY OF 3.5 MGD.  THIS POTW PRESENTLY TREATS INDUSTRIAL  DISCHARGES AND HAS AN EPA-APPROVED PRETREATEMENT PROGRAM.    ITS HYDRAULIC AND ORGANIC LOADINGS HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED IN RECENT YEARS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF MAJOR IN-  DUSTRIES FROM THE AREA AND THE SYSTEM.  CURRENT DAILY FLOWS  AVERAGE 2.3 MGD.                                             *                                                            DISCHARGES FROM THIS POTW ARE SUBJECT TO NPDES PERMIT NO.    OK0026638.  THIE EPA-ISSUED PERMIT BECAMUE EFFECTIVE ON      AUG 30, 1986, AND WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT ON AUG 29, 1991.   IT AUTHORIZES THE DISCHARGE OF TREATED WASTEWATER FROM THE   POTW TO CLARIDY CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO COW CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO  BEAVER CREEK, TRIBUTURARY TO THE RED RIVER, DURING THE       MONTHS OF NOV THROUGH MAY.  THE PERMIT PROHIBITS THE DIS-    CHARGE OF EFFLUENT FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER, HOWEVER, THE SUMMER TIME MONTHS WHEN CLARIDY CREEK'S FLOW IS RELATIVELY LOW.     *                                                            DISHCHARGES FROM THE POTW HAVE VIOLATED THE FINAL EFFLUENT   LIMITS OF THE CITY'S NPDES PERMIT AN

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