EPA v. NEWTON STP
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Compliance action
$17,000,000
Case summary
BASED ON EFFLUENT DATA SUBMITTED BY THE CITY, EPA HAS ORDERED THE CITY TO SEPARATE SEWERS FROM UNDERDRAINS IN TWO STORM WATER DRAINAGE AREAS, CHEESECAKE BROOK AND LAUNDRY BROOK. THIS WILL ELIMINATE DRY WEATHER DISCHARGES OF FECAL COLIFORM FROM STORM DRAINSAND GREATLY REDUCE THE WET WEATHER DISCHARGE OF FECAL COLIFORM.
Defendants (1)
- NEWTON STPNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NEWTON CITY OF
1000 COMMONWEALTH AVE, NEWTON, MA, 02459
Registry ID: 110010599637
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NEWTON STPentered 1998-09-30
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1998-09-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1998-09-30Final Order Issued
- 1998-10-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 957
- Case number
- 01-1998-0151
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- OES
- EPA region
- 01
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-1998-0151 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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