# PRASA (AGUAS BUENAS)
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4215`
- **Case Number:** 02-1991-0223
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PRASA (AGUAS BUENAS) (complaint)
- PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint)
## Summary

THIS ACTION WOULD BE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF    THE CLEAN WATER ACT: 301, SDWA.  THE FACILITY HAS A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT.  DISCHARGE    MONITORING REPORTS, PERIODIC REPORTS OF TEST RESULTS ON THE  EFFLUENT OF THE FACILITY REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT, FILED BY    PRASA, HAVE REVEALED VIOLATIONS OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITS IN    ITS PERMIT FOR MANY PARAMETERS.  ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE     DEFIENCIES IN THE DMRS THEMSELVES.  THEY FAIL TO REPORT      CERTAIN EFFLUENT DATA REQUIRE BY THE PERMIT.  IN ADDITION,   THE DMRS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED LATE ON AT LEAST FIFTY-TWO      OCCASSIONS AND HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED ON AT LEAST TWO       OCCASIONS.                                                     A JUDICIAL ORDER DIRECTING PRASA TO COMPLY WITH ITS PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS.  THE IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL      PENALTY.                                                       AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, EPA-CWA-II-83-27, WAS ISSUED ON   07/18/83. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARMENT AND OUR      HEADQUARTERS, OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT, WE BELIEVE THAT         TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC LITIGATION CONSIDERATIONS MAKE IT     DESIRABLE TO FILE A SINGLE, CONSOLIDATED ACTION COVERING ALL NINE FACILITIES.  ACCORDINGLY, WE REQUEST THAT THE           DEPARMENT WITH HOLD THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT ADDRESING      VIOLATIONS AT THIS FACILITY, AS WELL AS THE FACILITIES       PREVIOUSLY REFERRED, UNTIL WE HAVE COMPLETED THE REFERRAL    OF ALL NINE FACILITIES, AND THAT A CON

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