EPA v. City of Mount Vernon

Case summary

On September 12, 2012, EPA conducted an inspection of the City's sanitary sewer system and identified documented instances where sanitary sewer system overflows resulted in discharges of sanitary sewage to waterbodies of the United States via the MS4. The City owns and operates a permitted MS4 in Mount Vernon, NY. MS4 Inspections were conducted by EPA on April 9 and 10, 2013 and dry weather sampling was conducted on September 9 and 10, 2013. EPA identified that the City was not in compliance with the NYSDEC SPDES MS4 General Permit regarding IDDE. An Administrative Order is being issued to order the City to develop a MS4 Plan of Action to address illicit connections to the MS4 as required by the MS4 Permit and a SSS POA to eliminate unpermitted discharges of sanitary sewage.

Defendants (1)

• City of Mount VernonNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• CITY OF MOUNT VERNON

  1 ROOSEVELT SQUARE, MOUNT VERNON, NY, 10550

  Registry ID: 110044275842

• MOUNT VERNON MS4 STORM SEWERS

  CITY-WIDE, MOUNT VERNON, NY, 10550

  Registry ID: 110019627064

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• City of Mount Vernonentered 2014-02-25

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-02-25Final Order Issued
• 2014-02-25NPDES Closed
• 2014-02-25Enforcement Action Closed
• 2014-02-27Enforcement Action Data Entered