U.S., State Sue County Sanitation Districts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state Regional Water Quality Control Board filed suit in San Francisco on Monday against the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts for violating federal standards on secondary treatment of waste water at its plant in Carson.
The sanitation districts now treat effluent at an advanced primary level, a step below requirements of the Clean Water Act, said Lois Grunwald, an EPA spokeswoman.
The sanitation districts are liable for civil penalties of up to $10,000 per day per violation before Feb. 4, 1987, and $25,000 per day per violation after that date, Grunwald said.
The plant is part of a sewage system that serves more than 100 cities and unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. The sanitation districts discharge waste water from their Joint Water Pollution Control Plant into Santa Monica Bay through outfalls about a mile and a half off the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
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