EPA v. GREATER NEW HAVEN WPCA + SYNAGRO
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Greater New Haven owns and Synagro operates a multi-hearth sewage sludge incinerator at the East Shore Water Pollution Abatement Facility, located at 260 East Street in New Haven, CT. The facility accepts sewage sludge from the New Haven publicly-owned water treatment works. The site is subject to the new CAA sewage sludge incinerator (SSI) federal plan requirements at 40 C.F.R. Part 62, Subpart LLL, which went into effect on March 21, 2016 (Federal Plan). Greater New Haven and Synagro failed to meet several requirements of the Federal Plan.
Defendants (2)
- SynagroNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
- Greater New Haven WPCANamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
EAST SHORE WATER POLL ABATEMENT FACILITY
345 EAST SHORE PARKWAY, NEW HAVEN, CT, 06512
Registry ID: 110001730770
Statutes cited
- CAA 129 — Solid Waste Fuel Combustion
Enforcement conclusions (1)
GREATER NEW HAVEN WPCA + SYNAGROentered 2018-07-11
Primary law: CAA
Federal penalty: $36,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2018-07-11Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2018-07-11Final Order Issued
- 2018-09-18Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601557537
- Case number
- 01-2018-1012
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Solid Waste Fuel Combustion
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2018-1012 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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