# COUNTY OF MAUI
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52789`
- **Case Number:** 09-1997-0077
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $150K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COUNTY OF MAUI (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE ARISES UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA  OR  THE   ACT ) AND CONCERNS UNAUTHORIZED SPILLS OF SEWAGE INTO        WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A)   OF THE ACT.  THE COUNTY OF MAUI ( MAUI COUNTY  OR  THE       COUNTY ), THE PROSPECTIVE DEFENDANT, HAS HAD NUMEROUS        SPILLS OF RAW AND SANITARY SEWAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND   OTHER WATERS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION BY A NATIONAL             POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT.       EPA IS SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF REQUIRING THE COUNTY        TO TAKE THE VARIOUS MEASURES NEEDED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE   UNAUTHORIZED SEWAGE SPILLS.  IN ADDITION, EPA IS             SEEKING A SUBSTANTIAL CIVIL PENALTY.

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