EPA v. JERSEY CITY SEW AUTH

Case summary

THIS ACTION IS BASED ON THE CWA, 33 USC 1251 AND THE 1981 CONSENT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF INJUNCTION ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY. THE DEFENDANTS ARE: CITY OF JERSEY CITY, JERSEY CITY SEW- ERAGE AUTHORITY, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JERSEY CITY, AND HUDSON COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITY. THE VIOLATIONS ARE: A) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH A 1981 CON- SENT JUDGMENT ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF N.J. WHICH IMPOSED, INTER ALIA, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS FOR JERSEY CITY'S TWO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; B) FAILURE TO IM- PLEMENT THE SECTION 201 PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE JERSEY CITY SEWERAGE AUTHORITY'S TWO NPDES PERMITS; AND C) FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE TWO JERSEY CITY PLANTS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER AS REQUIRED BY JERSEY CITY SEWERAGE AUTH- ORITY'S TWO NPDES PERMITS. PROPOSED RELIEF SOUGHT: A) CIVIL PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT THE SECTION 201 PLAN AND FAILURE TO RUN THE PLANT EFFICIENTLY; B) CONTEMPT AND PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO MEET THE EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS IN 1981 CONSENT JUDGMENT, C) ORDER REQUIRING JERSEY CITY TO OPERATE & MAINTAIN ITS PLANTS EFFICIENTLY, INCLUDING REPAIRING OR REPLACING SOME EQUIPMENT AND D) SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SECTION 201 PLAN.

Defendants (4)

• HUDSON COUNTY UTILITIES AUTHORITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• JERSEY CITY SEWERAGE AUTHORITYNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• JERSEY CITY, CITY COUNCIL OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• JERSEY CITY, CITY OFNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• JERSEY CITY MUNICIPAL SEWAGE T

  RT 440, JERSEY CITY, NJ, 07305

  Registry ID: 110010600313

• EAST SIDE STP

  PHILLIPS ST & COMMUNIPAW AVE, JERSEY CITY, NJ, 07305

  Registry ID: 110007941095

Statutes cited

• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO
• CWA 402 — Clean Water Act
• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• JERSEY CITY, CTY OF NEW JERSEYentered 1988-05-31

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $500,000

Timeline (7 milestones)

• 1985-06-29Referred To Headquarters
• 1985-08-30Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1986-03-20Complaint Filed With Court
• 1988-05-31Final Order Lodged
• 1988-05-31Final Order Entered
• 1988-05-31Concluded
• 1991-01-29Enforcement Action Closed