EPA v. Town of Elmira
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
Respondent is a permitted MS4 in Elmira, NY. An MS4 Audit was conducted from October 19-20, 2011 and identified the Respondent was not complying with the terms and conditions of the NYSDEC SPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems. An Administrative Order was issued on March 29, 2012 (CWA-02-2012-3018) to order the municipality to comply with Permit conditions. Injunctive relief was already calculated for the Order issued on 3/29/2012. The current Order establishes a revised compliance schedule for addressing the items listed in the Order.
Defendants (1)
- Town of ElmiraNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ELMIRA (T) MS4 STORM SEWERS
TOWN-WIDE, ELMIRA, NY, 14901
Registry ID: 110019298231
Statutes cited
- CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Town of Elmiraentered 2012-05-23
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2012-05-23Enforcement Action Closed
- 2012-05-23Final Order Issued
- 2012-05-23NPDES Closed
- 2012-05-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3000023467
- Case number
- 02-2012-3047
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Branch
- WGL
- EPA region
- 02
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Permit Violations
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2012-3047 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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