EPA v. NAHANT TOWN OF
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
On April 18, 2023, EPA issued a Clean Water Act Administrative Compliance Order to the Town of Nahant, Massachusetts citing its failure to screen all relevant outfalls/interconnections for the presence of dry-weather flow by July 1, 2021, as required by the 2016 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit. The Order requires the Town to complete dry weather screening at all required MS4 outfalls/interconnections by June 30, 2023. The Region coordinated with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on this matter.
Defendants (1)
- Nahant, MA, Town ofNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
NAHANT TOWN OF
334 NAHANT ROAD, NAHANT, MA, 01908
Registry ID: 110070919459
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
NAHANT TOWN OFentered 2023-04-18
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2023-04-18Final Order Issued
- 2023-04-18Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2023-04-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2023-07-03Enforcement Action Closed
- 2023-07-03NPDES Closed
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603578578
- Case number
- 01-2023-2017
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 01
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 01-2023-2017 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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