# CENTRALIA, CY OF - POTW
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54129`
- **Case Number:** 10-1988-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $20K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CENTRALIA, CY OF (complaint) (settlement)
- WASHINGTON, STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CIVIL ACTION IS SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND CIVIL   PENALTIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 309 OF CWA, 33 USC, 1311(A).   DEFENDANT CITY OF CENTRALIA HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE IN          VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF A NPDES PERMIT ISSUED BY WA STATE  DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY.  THE CITY OWNS, OPERATES, AND HAS     MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT    AS WELL AS THE SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM (PIPES, COLLECTORS,  TRUNK LINES, AND APPURTENANCES.)  THE CITY CURRENTLY         OPERATES ITS TREATMENT FACILITY UNDER AN NPDES PERMIT ISSUED 7/9/85 AS WELL AS AN ECOLOGY ORDER ESTABLISHING ALTERNATIVE  INTERIM EFFLUENT LIMITS.                                       IN THIS INSTANT CASE, THE CITY IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE SECONDARY TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS OF ITS NPDES PERMIT, SPECIFICALLY PERMANENT REMOVAL OF SOLIDS FOR BOD AND TSS.    THESE VIOLATIONS ARE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FAILING      COLLECTION SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS EXCESSIVE INFILTRATION AND    INFLOW (I/I) TO ENTER THE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND TREATMENT    PLANT.                                                         THE PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION SEEKS A COURT-IMPOSED SCHEDULE   FOR UPGRADING THE CITY'S WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM AS     WELL AS THE PAYMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PAST CWA          VIOLATIONS.  THE COMPLIANCE SCHEDULE SHOULD REQUIRE          COMPLETION OF COLLECTION SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AS EXPEDITIOUS- LY AS POSSIBLE.  STIPULATED PENALTIITES WILL BE SOUGHT TO    HELP ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH A CONSTRUC

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