# PHOENIX, CITY OF
> **Judicial** · FY1989 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52173`
- **Case Number:** 09-1989-0021
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $450K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ARIZONA, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- PHOENIX, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

PHOENIX OWNS AND OPERATES THE  PHOENIX 23RD AVENUE         WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT  AND THE PHOENIX 91ST AVENUE      WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.   EACH PLANT TREATS INDUSTRIAL   AND DOMESTIC SEWAGE FROM SOURCES IN PHOENIX.  THE 91ST       AVENUE PLANT ALSO TREATS INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC SOURCES     FROM SEVERAL NEARBY MUNICIPALITIES.  IN 1984, EPA REVISED    THE NPDES PERMITS APPLICABLE TO EACH PLANT IN ORDER TO       REQUIRE THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM GOVERNING THE        PRETREATMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES DISCHARGED INTO THE        RESPECTIVE PLANT'S COLLECTION SYSTEM.  PHOENIX HAS FAILED    TO IMPLEMENT ITS PRETREATMENT PROGRAM, AND HAS VIOLATED      EFFLUENT LIMITS RELATED TO COPPER, CADMIUM AND TOXICITY.

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