EPA v. NORWALK CITY OF PUBLICALLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS

Case summary

The Order addresses the City's unauthorized discharges of sewage from its sanitary sewer collection system ('Collection System') to waters of the United States and certain discharges from the 'wet-weather outfall' at its Water Pollution Control Facility ('WPCF'). Between January 1, 2012, and May 9, 2016, the City discharged untreated sewage from various components of its Collection System to the Five Mile River, the Norwalk River, Norwalk Harbor, Keeler Brook, and Long Island Sound. The Order requires that, in order to provide for proper operations and management of its Collection System and prevent future Sanitary Sewer Overflows, the City will develop and implement a Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance program and submit documentation of its program to EPA and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ('CT DEEP'). Between April 1, 2014, and December On August 23, 2017, the Region entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with the City of Norwalk, CT to address the City�s unauthorized and untreated sanitary sewer discharges to the Five Mile River, Norwalk River, Norwalk Harbor, Keeler Brook, and Long Island Sound. The AOC also requires the City to bring into compliance certain discharges to the Norwalk River from the �wet-weather outfall� at the City�s Water Pollution Control Facility. The Region has worked in close coordination with the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in this matter and the State fully supports EPA�s action

Defendants (1)

• Norwalk WTPNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• NORWALK WPCF

  60 SOUTH SMITH STREET, EAST NORWALK, CT, 06855

  Registry ID: 110070002000

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• NORWALK CITY OF PUBLICALLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKSentered 2017-08-23

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2017-08-23Final Order Issued
• 2017-09-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2022-09-01Enforcement Action Closed
• 2022-09-01NPDES Closed