EPA v. ATTLEBORO MA
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Consent Agreement and final order both initiating and settling a CWA 309(g) civil penalty action against the City of Attleboro, Ma for discharging wastewater from its drinking water treatment facility to Orr's Pond without authorization of a NPDES permit in violation of CWA 301(a). City has stopped this practice ad is sending effluent to city wastewater treatment facility.
Defendants (1)
- CITY OF ATTLEBORO, MANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
RUSSELL F TENNANT WTF
1296 WEST STREET, ATTLEBORO, MA, 02703
Registry ID: 110059715349
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ATTLEBORO MAentered 2014-05-29
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $32,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2014-05-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2014-05-29Final Order Issued
- 2014-06-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400246106
- Case number
- 01-2014-2511
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2014-2511 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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