EPA v. NEWMARKET NH

Case summary

On May 22, 2013, EPA issued an Administrative Order on Consent (“AOC”) to the Town of Newmarket, New Hampshire (“Town”) to address violations of the seasonal total nitrogen limit in the Town’s NPDES permit (“Permit”) reissued on November 16, 2012 authorizing discharges from the Town’s wastewater treatment plant. Third parties requested a hearing on the Permit, but the uncontested conditions of the Permit include a seasonal (from April 1 through October 31) monthly average limit of 8 mg/l for total nitrogen. The Town routinely discharges effluent from the WWTF Outfall 001 containing total nitrogen in excess of 8.0 mg/l. The AOC includes a schedule for developing and implementing controls for total nitrogen load to the Lamprey River and Great Bay Estuary from the Town’s Treatment plant, its non-point sources and stormwater point sources.

Defendants (1)

• NEWMARKET NHNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NEWMARKET TOWN OF

  95 YOUNG LANE, NEWMARKET, NH, 03857

  Registry ID: 110006619347

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NEWMARKET NHentered 2013-05-22

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2013-04-16Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2013-05-22Final Order Issued
• 2022-04-28Enforcement Action Closed
• 2022-04-28NPDES Closed