EPA v. GBC METALS dba SOMERS THIN STRIP
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
7/2/19 On July 2, 2019, Region 1 initiated and finalized a settlement with GBC Metals, LLC, d/b/a Somers Thin Strip Brass Group where the company has agreed to pay a $11,796 penalty for past violations and to take certain actions designed to minimize the re-occurrence of future unauthorized discharges in accordance with an administrative order issued by EPA on April 18, 2019. Somers Thin Strip Brass discharged untreated or partially treated wastewater via an outfall of the City of Waterbury, Connecticut's municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) to the Naugatuck River without authorization of an NPDES permit.
Defendants (1)
- GBC Metals dba Somers Thin StripNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
WIELAND ROLLED PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, LLC
215 PIEDMONT STREET, WATERBURY, CT, 06706
Registry ID: 110033642547
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
GBC METALS dba SOMERS THIN STRIPentered 2019-07-02
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $11,796
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2019-07-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2019-07-02Final Order Issued
- 2019-07-08Enforcement Action Closed
- 2019-07-08NPDES Closed
- 2019-08-01Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3601920888
- Case number
- 01-2019-2041
- 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 01-2019-2041 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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