EPA v. MARION TOWN OF

Case summary

On October 20, 2017, EPA entered into an Administrative Order on Consent (Order) with the Town of Marion, MA, in which the Town agreed to implement measures to meet its copper, nitrogen and phosphorus limits in its NPDES permit and conform with certain permit requirements related to operation of its treatment lagoons. On April 13, 2017, Region 1 issued a NPDES permit to the Town of Marion that authorized it to discharge pollutants from its wastewater treatment plant subject to the effluent limitations, monitoring requirements and other conditions specified in the NPDES Permit. Both the Town and the Buzzard?s Bay Coalition, an environmental organization, filed petitions for review with the Environmental Appeals Board seeking review of the Permit?s effluent limits for nitrogen, as well as requirements related to operation of its lagoons. This Order resolves that appeal. EPA implements the NPDES program in Massachusetts, but has worked in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in this matter. Town will implement measures to comply with permit limits while continuing to look into regionalization.

Defendants (1)

• Town of Marion MANamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• MARION WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY

  50 BENSON BROOK ROAD, MARION, MA, 02378

  Registry ID: 110002047311

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MARION TOWN OFentered 2017-10-20

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2017-10-20Final Order Issued
• 2017-10-24Enforcement Action Data Entered