# PALMER, TOWN OF
> **Judicial** · FY1985 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `97`
- **Case Number:** 01-1985-0011
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MASSACHUSETTS, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint) (settlement)
- PALMER, TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE TOWN OF PALMER, MA, OWNS & OPERATES A 5.6 MGD (DE-  SIGN FLOW) WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, W/ASSOCIATED SEWER    LINES & PUMPING STATIONS.  THE SYSTEM SERVES THE TOWN OF     PALMER, TOWN OF MONSON, & A SMALL PORTION OF THE TOWN OF     BELCHERTOWN.  PALMER IS AUTHORIZED UNDER NPDES PERMIT NO.    MA0101168 TO DISCHARGE WASTEWATERS FROM ITS ADVANCED SECON-  DARY TRMT PLT & 26 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS, TO CHICOPEE,    SWIFT, WARE, & QUABOAG RIVERS.  THE PLT WAS DESIGNED TO AC-  CEPT APPROX 20% OF ITS INFLUENT WASTEWATER FROM THE DIAMOND  INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO., WHICH IS LOCATED IN PALMER.  UPON   ISSUANCE OF ITS NPDES PERMIT IN AUG 1979, PALMER WAS RE-     QUIRED TO DEVELOP A PRETREATMENT PGM BY JANUARY 1, 1982, PUR SUANT TO 40 CFR PART 403.8(A), WHICH SETS FORTH REQUIREMENTS FOR POTWS TO CONTROL CONTRIBUTIONS OF POLLUTANTS FROM INDUS- TRIAL USERS.  EPA ISSUED 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS TO PALMER,  ON FEB 4, 1982 & NOV 7, 1983, BASED UPON VIOLATIONS OF THE   PERMIT SCHEDULE FOR PGM DEVELOPMENT.  ALTHOUGH A PRETRMT PGM WAS SUBMITTED ON MAY 14, 1984, THE PGM REMAINS UNAPPROVABLE  TO DATE.  THUS, THE TOWN IS CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION OF ITS    REISSUED (JANUARY 24, 1985) NPDES PERMIT, WHICH REQ'D IMME-  DIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN APPROVED PRETRMT PGM.                  THERE ARE CURRENTLY 4 SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USERS OF   THE PALMER POTW.  THEY ARE: PIONEER ENTERPRISES, A PUBLISH-  ING FIRM DISCHARGING 35 GPD OF CN & AG BEARING WASTES FROM   ITS PHOTOPROCESSING UNIT; CREATIVE CHEMIC

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