# PORT ANGELES, CY OF - POTW
> **Judicial** · FY1986 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54026`
- **Case Number:** 10-1986-0007
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $9K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PORT ANGELES, CY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES, WA OWNS AND OPERATES A SEWAGE    TREATMENT PLANT WHICH DISCHARGES TO PORT ANGELES HARBOR,     STRAITS OF JUAN DE FUCA, WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.  THE   CONTROVERSY IN THIS CASE IS CENTERED ON THE FAILURE OF THE   CITY TO UPGRADE ITS EXISTING PRIMARY PLANT TO OBTAIN         SECONDARY TREATMENT LEVELS AS REQUIRED BY ITS NPDES PERMIT.    THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY WAS          DELEGATED PRIMARY PERMITTING AND ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY       PURSUANT TO 402 OF CWA, 33 USC, 1251 IN 11/73.                 THE CITY'S NPDES PERMIT #WA-002397-3 REQUIRES COMPLIANCE   WITH SPECIFIED (SECONDARY TREATMENT) EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS    AFTER 6/20/77.                                                 THE PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION ALLEGES EXCEEDANCES BY THE CITY  OF THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT AND FAILURE  TO OBTAIN SECONDARY TREATMENT LEVELS BY THE 7/1/77           DEADLINE IN VIOLATION OF CWA, 301.  ENFORCEMENT ACTION       IS PROPOSED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF CWA, 309 AND 402.     THE PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION SEEKS A COURT-IMPOSED SCHEDULE   FOR COMPLETION OF SECONDARY TREATMENT FACILITIES AND THE     PAYMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PAST CWA VIOLATIONS.  THE     COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE SHOULD REQUIRE COMPLETION OF TREATMENT   FACILITIES AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.  STIPULATED         PENALTIES WILL BE SOUGHT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SCHEDULE AND  OTHER PROVVISIONS OF ANY OBTAINED COURT ORDER.

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