EPA v. NORTH PROVIDENCE
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
North Providence is a satellite community contributing wastewater to the Narragansett Bay Commission�s Field�s Point facility, a regional wastewater treatment plant in Providence, Rhode Island. While EPA has received information regarding sanitary sewer overflows in North Providence in the form of first hand accounts and photographs from affected property owners, the Town has not submitted any information regarding overflows to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM), as required by the state�s operation and maintenance program. See User Defined Field 6 for futher information.
Defendants (1)
- NORTH PROVIDENCENamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NORTH PROVIDENCE (TOWNWIDE COLLECTION SYSTEM)
2000 SMITH STREET, NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI, 02911
Registry ID: 110032592433
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NORTH PROVIDENCEentered 2008-02-27
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $5,000
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2007-10-04Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2007-10-17Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2008-02-27Final Order Issued
- 2008-02-27Enforcement Action Closed
- 2008-02-27NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 600070713
- Case number
- 01-2008-2028
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2008-2028 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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