# METRO DISTR COMM OF BOSTON
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Litigated With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `63`
- **Case Number:** 01-1983-0005
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $15K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- METRO DIST COMM OF BOSTON (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE MDC, FOR VIOLATION   OF SEC. 301(A) OF THE ACT.  DEFENDANT IS AN AGENCY OF THE    COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, CREATED BY STATUTE.  DEFEN-   DANT'S STATUTORY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE OPERATION AND  MAINTENANCE OF THE BOSTON SEWAGE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYS- TEM.  THE COMPLAINT REQUESTS INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AS WELL AS    CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PAST VIOLATIONS.                              THE REGION PROPOSES A REQUEST FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO  REQUIRE DEFENDANT TO COMPLY WITH SPECIAL CONDITION C2 OF ITS NPDES PERMIT--MONITORING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE  NUT ISLAND TREATMENT PLANT, QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS--AND CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PAST NON-COMPLIANCE.                                THE MDC'S NPDES PERMIT WAS ISSUED JOINTLY BY EPA AND    THE STATE IN 1976.  REGION I ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER  TO THE MDC ON AUGUST 8, 1980, REQUIRING INTERIM LIMITATIONS. ON JULY 1, 1982, THE REGION ISSUED A SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE   ORDER TO THE MDC REQUIRING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE IM-     PROVEMENTS.                                                       THE MONITORING REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER 1982 THROUGH JANU- ARY 1983 WERE NOT SUBMITTED TO EPA UNTIL MARCH 7, 1983.      SINCE THE MDC HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN LATE IN SUBMITTING THESE REPORTS, THE REGION DID NOT AT FIRST REALIZE THAT THERE WAS  A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM.  HOWEVER, MDC PERSONNEL WERE CON-    TACTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS (INCLUDING DURING THE WEEKS OF  NOVEMBER 22, 1982, DECEMBER 27, 1982, JAN

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