# TWIN FALLS (MUN) - CIC
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53996`
- **Case Number:** 10-1985-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- TWIN FALLS, CY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE UNITED STATES ORIGINALLY BROUGHT A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST  THE CITY OF TWIN FALLS, IDAHO IN SEPTEMBER, 1976 FOR         NUMEROUS DISCHARGES OF UNTREATED WASTEWATER AND OTHER        NPDES PERMIT VIOLATIONS AT THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL TREATMENT    PLANT.  A CONSENT DECREE WAS ENTERED BY THE U.S. DISTRICT    COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO IN OCTOBER, 1980 IN          SETTLEMENT OF THAT ACTION.  VIOLATIONS OF THAT CONSENT       DECREE WERE THE BASIS FOR AN EPA ENFORCEMENT ACTION          AGAINST THE CITY IN EARLY 1984, RESULTING IN ASSESSMENT      OF CIVIL PENALTIES OF $22,080 AND ENTRY OF AN AMENDED        CONSENT DECREE ON APRIL 11, 1984.  THE CITY HAS NOW VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THAT AMENDED DECREE.  IN PARTICULAR THE         REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE MAINTENANCE, STAFFING AND       EFFLUENT MONITORING AT THE CITY'S TREATMENT PLANT.           CIVIL PENALTIES AND AN ORDER OF CIVIL CONTEMPT SHOULD BE     OBTAINED FOR THESE VIOLATIONS.

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