EPA v. TORROMEO INDUSTRIES

Case summary

On May 29, 2013, the Department of Justice entered a consent decree (CD) in the federal district court of New Hampshire resolving CWA violations against Torromeo Industries, Inc. stemming from unpermitted process water and stormwater discharges from its concrete manufacturing and sand, gravel, and stone mining operations in Kingston, New Hampshire. The CD requires the company to pay a civil penalty of $135,000 and perform a Supplemental Environmental Project worth $529,310 in which it will remove an impervious parking lot adjacent to Cobbett’s Pond, in Windham, N.H., and replace it with a 35,000 sq. foot pervious concrete parking lot. The Region has coordinated with the NH Department of Environmental Services and the NH Attorney General’s Office which concurrently resolved additional violations with the company involving approximately 12.5 acres of filled wetlands and streams around the Kingston, NH site.

Defendants (1)

• TORROMEO INDUSTRIES INC (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• TORROMEO INDUSTRIES INC

  18 DORRE RD, KINGSTON, NH, 03848

  Registry ID: 110012252196

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• TORROMEO INDUSTRIESentered 2013-05-29

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $136,012 · SEP: $500,000

Timeline (9 milestones)

• 2009-12-09Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2010-04-07Referred To Headquarters
• 2010-04-07Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 2010-11-01Complaint Filed With Court
• 2013-04-04Final Order Lodged
• 2013-05-29Final Order Entered
• 2013-05-29Concluded
• 2016-04-30Enforcement Action Closed
• 2016-04-30NPDES Closed