EPA v. Clean Earth, Inc.

Case summary

Respondent operates a twenty (20) acre industrial Facility located at 1 Fish House Road in Kearny, New Jersey. The Respondent conducts industrial activity under SIC Code 3295 (Minerals, Ground or Treated), and therefore, are regulated under 40 C.F.R. §122.26 and the NJPDES Industrial permits. Stormwater from the Facility discharges to the Hackensack River via a sedimentation pond and associated outfall pipe. The Respondent failed to obtain coverage under the NJPDES Basic Industrial Stormwater General Permit NJ0088315 (5G2) or an individual NJPDES permit for stormwater discharges associated with industrial activity, as required by Sections 301 and 402(p) of the CWA.

Defendants (1)

• Clean Earth, Inc.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• CLEAN EARTH, INC.

  1 FISH HOUSE ROAD, KEARNY, NJ, 07032

  Registry ID: 110007137179

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Clean Earth, Inc.entered 2014-08-14

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-08-14Final Order Issued
• 2014-08-14NPDES Closed
• 2014-08-14Enforcement Action Closed
• 2014-08-20Enforcement Action Data Entered