# PORT OF PORTLAND
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `54133`
- **Case Number:** 10-1988-0007
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $92K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PORT OF PORTLAND (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS REFERRAL INVOLVES THE FILING OF A CIVIL ACTION TO     SEEK PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF       CWA AS AMENDED, WHERE APPLICABLE, BY THE WATER QUALITY       ACT OF 1987, PL-100-4 (2/4/87) BY DEFENDANT PORT OF PORT-    LAND.                                                          THESE VIOLATIONS WERE ORIGINALLY REFERRED AS A CRIMINAL    MATTER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES SECTION OF DOJ AND TO     THE U S ATTORNEY FOR DISTRICT OF OREGON ON 12/14/87.  AFTER  EVALUATION BY THE EVIRONMENTAL CRIMES SECTION AND U S        ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER       WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY PURSUED IN A CIVIL ACTION.       PURSUANT TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, THE MATTER WAS REFERRED ON  4/18/88 TO DAVID BUENTE, CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT  SECTION BY JUDD STARR, CHIEF OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES SECTION FOR CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.  EPA, REGION 10, CONCURS IN THAT      RECOMMENDATION AND REQUESTS THAT THIS MATTER BE PURSUED      CIVILLY.                                                       EPA REQUESTS CIVIL JUDICIAL RELIEF REQUIRING BOTH A        PENALTY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.  THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE  PRESENT VIOLATIONS IS $45,000.  HOWEVER, WE ANTICIPATE THAT  THIS AMOUNT WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY AFTER THE INITIATION OF DISCOVERY BECAUSE THE UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES BY THE PORT  OF PORTLAND APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A REGULAR PRACTICE FOR A     NUMBER OF YEARS.  EPA SEEKS THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FROM THE     PORT OF PORTLAND BASED ON THE SERIOUS 

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