# PROVIDENCE (MUN); CIC
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `59`
- **Case Number:** 01-1983-0001
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $250K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- PROVIDENCE, CITY OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE DISCHARGES APPROXIMATELY 60 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER PER DAY, CONTAINING POLLUTANTS FROM    ITS SECONDARY SEWER TREATMENT PLANT AT FIELDS POINT, PROVI-  DENCE, RHODE ISLAND.  THE CITY ALSO DISCHARGES WASTEWATER    CONTAINING POLLUTANTS FROM 55 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS TO    THE PROVIDENCE, SEEKONK, MOSHASSUCK, WEST, AND               WOONASQUATUCKET RIVERS.                                        ON DECEMBER 5, 1974, EPA ISSUED TO THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE  MPDES PERMIT NO. RI0100315 (THE  PERMIT ), WHICH AUTHORIZES  THE CITY TO DISCHARGE POLLUTANTS FROM THE PROVIDENCE WASTE-  WATER TREATMENT PLANT (THE  WTP ) INTO THE PROVIDENCE RIVER  AT PROVIDENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS,   MONITORING REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER CONDITIONS SET FORTH      THERIN UNTIL JUNE 30, 1977.  SINCE JANUARTY 1976, THE CITY   HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH SPECIAL CONDITION C (MONITORING &  REPORTING) AND SPECIAL CONDITION A(1) (EFFLUENT LIMITS) OF   THE PERMIT.  THESE FAILURES INCLUDE:                             1. MONTHLY MONITORING REPORTS WERE NOT SUBMITTED FOR THE      MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1977.                       2. MONTHLY MONITORING REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER,         NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER, 1976 WERE ALL SUBMITTED LATE---      ON JANUARY 25, 1977.                                        3. THE DATA IN THE MONTHLY MONITORING REPORTS FOR EACH        AND EVERY MONTH FROM JANUARY, 1976 THRU SEPTEMBER, 1976      WAS INCOMPLETE AS TO ONE OR MORE 

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