# SAFEWAY, INCORPORATED
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52939`
- **Case Number:** 09-1998-0062
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $200K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SAFEWAY, INCORPORATED (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS CIVIL JUDICIAL REFERRAL PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 301(A)  AND 309 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT [33 U.S.C. 1311(A) AND        1319] REGARDING DEFENDANT SAFEWAY, INC. THE VIOLATION HERE   IS DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES    WITHOUT A VALID NPDES PERMIT AT 24 SEPARATE LOCATIONS        (LARGE QUANTITIES OF MILK WERE DISPOSED BY POURING INTO      SANITARY SEWERS).THIS REFERRAL SEEKS A CIVIL PENALTY         OF $200,000 IN ORDER TO RECOVER THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT         GAINED BY NON-COMPLIANCE, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE            RELATIVE GRAVITY OF THE VIOLATIONS.

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