EPA v. HAVERHILL CITY OF

Case summary

This Order requires the City to prepare and submit to EPA and MassDEP a draft Phase II Combine Sewer Overflow (CSO) Long-Term Control Plan (LTCP) by August 1, 2011. The Phase II CSO LTCP must recommend a plan and a proposed implementation schedule for addressing all remaining CSO outfalls to result in full NPDES permit compliance and compliance with the Massachusetts'water quality standards as soon as practicable. The Order also requires Haverhill: (1) to supplement the 24-hour verbal and 5-day written notifications of sanitary sewer overflow(s) and annual reports submitted under the 2008 Order (which remains in full force and effect) to include the name of the receiving water for each overflow, and, if the overflow did not result in a discharge to a surface water, to identify the ultimate fate of the overflow; (2) to locate each overflow event included in the summary listing on a map of the City's wastewater collection system; (3) within thirty days of receipt of the Order, to submit to EPA and MassDEP a description of teh City's standard practices for addressing basement backups; and (4) to submit quarterly work progress/work projections reportingon Phase II CSO LTCP preparation.

Defendants (1)

• HAVERHILL CITY OF

Facilities (2)

• HAVERHILL W P A F

  40 SOUTH PORTER STREET, BRADFORD, MA, 01835

  Registry ID: 110000732752

• HAVERHILL W P A F

  40 SOUTH PORTER STREET, BRADFORD, MA, 01835

  Registry ID: 110000732752

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• HAVERHILL CITY OFentered 2009-02-06

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2009-01-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2009-02-06Final Order Issued
• 2016-11-10NPDES Closed
• 2016-11-10Enforcement Action Closed