# MONROE, LOUISIANA, CITY OF
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37455`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0627
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $14K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MONROE, LOUISIANA, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(G)(1) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33         U.S.C. SECTION 1319(G)(1).                                2. CITY OF MONROE                                               P.O. BOX 123                                                 MONROE, OUACHITA PARISH, LOUISIANA 71201                  3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY     1) IMPROPER BYPASSES AND FAILURE TO REPORT BYPASSES, 2)      FAILURE TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITY,       AND 3) HAVING DISCHARGES EXCEEDING THE PERMITTED EFFLUENT    LIMITATIONS.                                              4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(G)(1) OF THE CWA,      EPA PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $25,000, WHICH REPRESENTS    LESS THAN $10,000 PER VIOLATION.

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