# PIMA COUNTY - INA ROAD
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52038`
- **Case Number:** 09-1983-0002
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARIZONA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- PIMA CNTY SANITATION DIST INA RD WTP (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PIMA COUNTY OPERATES A PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS,  KNOWN AS THE INA ROAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, IN TUCSON, ARIZONA.  THE INA ROAD PLANT OPERATES UNDER AN NPDES PERMIT  ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION IX PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN WATER ACT.  UNDER THE PER-   MIT, PIMA COUNTY IS AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE TREATED WASTE-   WATER FROM THE INA ROAD FACILITY TO THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFIED EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, MONITORING   REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER CONDITIONS.                               THE PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE   LITIGATION REPORT INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS BY PIMA  COUNTY OF SECTIONS 301 AND 402 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT        BEETWEEN AUGUST 1, 1978 AND MARCH 1, 1983.                        1. ELEVEN MONITORING REQUIREMENTS VIOLATIONS ARISING            FROM THE FAILURE TO OPERATE THE AUTOMATIC EFFLUENT           SAMPLER NECESSARY FOR PERMIT COMPLIANCE; AND              2. EIGHTY-SIX EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS VIOLATIONS.               THE FAILURE OF PIMA COUNTY TO OPERATE THE INA ROAD      PLANT'S EFFLUENT SAMPLER WAS ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED DURING A  ROUTINE EPA INSPECTION IN EARLY 1982.  THEREAFTER, A CRIMI-  NAL INVESTIGATION WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE OFFICE OF THE        INSPECTOR GENERAL WHICH REVEALED THAT THE INCIDENT WAS       REPRESENTATIVE OF A WIDESPREAD PRACTICE OF SEVERAL YEARS     DURATION.  SAMPLING WAS OFTEN SKIPPED WHEN THE EFFLUENT WAS  OBSERVED TO BE OF POOR QUALITY AND THEREF

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