# PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3537`
- **Case Number:** 02-1989-0234
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PASSAIC VALLEY SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

REFERRAL OF OCEAN DUMPER FOR JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 105 OF THE MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND       SANCTUARIES ACT OF 1972 AS AMENDED.                            THE VIOLATIONS UPON WHICH THE ACTION IS BASED.             IMMINENT VIOLATION OF MPRSA AS AMENDED BY THE OCEAN DUMPING  BAN ACT DUE TO PROJECTED FAILURE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT AN       ALTERNATIVE TO OCEAN DUMPING BY 12/31/91.                      RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT.                                       JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE AND ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDING  SCHEDULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERIM MEASURES TO DISPOSE  OF SLUDGE ON LAND AND LONG TERM ALTERNATIVES, STIPULATED     PENALTIES, AND REPORTIING REQUIREMENTS.  THE MPRSA DOES NOT  PROVIDE FOR UP-FRONT CIVIL PENALTIES IN JUDICIAL ACTIONS.      NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON A CONTINUING BASIS     SINCE DECEMEBER 1988 WITH THE STATE AND THE DEFENDANT TO     FASHION A JUDICIAL CONSENT DECREE AND ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT  TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BAN ACT.                       THE SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL OR PRECEDENTIAL LEGAL OR FACTUAL  ISSUES.                                                      ENTRY OF CONSENT DECREES AND ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENTS IN THIS  AND THE OTHER 8 MPRSA JUDICIAL ACTIONS REFERRED BY THE       REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR ON JULY 5, 1989 WILL RESULT IN THE    COMPLETE CESSATION OF ALL OCEAN DUMPING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN  THE UNITED STATES.                                             DECISION TO INITIATE ENFORCEMENT PRO

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