# PRASA (EL YUNQUE)
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `4216`
- **Case Number:** 02-1991-0224
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PRASA (EL YUNQUE) (complaint)
- PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL REFERRAL BASED ON CLEAN WATER ACT 301.       PRASA IS THE OWNER OF THE EL YUNQUE FILTER PLANT.  THE     FACILITY HAS A NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION      SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT.  DISCHARGE MONITORING REPORTS (DMRS), 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 DEFICIENCIES   IN THE DMRS THEMSELVES.  THEY FAIL TO REPORT CERTAIN         EFFLUENT DATA REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.  IN ADDITION, THE      DMRS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED LATE ON AT LEAST 45 OCCASIONS AND   HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS.               THE PROPOSED RELIEF TO BE SOUGHT IS A JUDICIAL ORDER       DIRECTING PRASA TO COMPLY WITH ITS PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND   CONDITIONS AND THE IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL PENALTY.              THE VIOLATIONS ARE DOCUMENTED IN PRASA'S DMRS RECEIVED     OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS.  THE ACCUMULATION OF THESE VI-       OLATIONS AND THE LACK OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF   THIS FACILITY, DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS BY THE AGENCY, LED  TO THE DECISION TO INITIATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION.                THE REFERRAL OF THIS MATTER IS THE LAST IN A SERIES OF     REFERRALS FOR CIVIL LITIGATION PREPARED BY THE REGION        AGAINST PRASA FOR LONG-STANDING CLEAN WATER ACT VIOLATIONS   AT ITS WTPS.  COMMENCING IN LATE DECEMBER 1990, THE REGION   HAS REFERRED 8 WPTS TO DOJ FOR THE INI

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