EPA v. I-99 ERPA INDUSTRIAL WW TREATMENT FACILITY

Case summary

On April 16, 2025, EPA, Region 3 entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 2-0 ( PennDOT ) resolving violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) in connection with forty (40) effluent exceedances of Total Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Mercury, Suspended Solids, Zinc, and pH at PennDOT's I-99 Excavated Rock Placement Area Industrial Wastewater Treatment, an Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facility located in Worth Township, Centre County and the I-99 J2 Acid Rock Drainage Treatment Facility, a treatment facility to treat acid rock drainage, located in Huston Township, Centre County. This enforcement action furthers the CWA's goal of eliminating the excess discharge of pollutants into navigable waters. The EPA notified the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection of the action.

Defendants (1)

• PENNSYLVANIA DEPT. OF TRANSP ENGINEERING DISTRICTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (3)

• I-99 ERPA INDUSTRIAL WW TREATMENT FACILITY

  70 PENNDOT DR, PORT MATILDA, PA, 16870

  Registry ID: 110071941355

• J2 ACID ROCK DRAINAGE TRMT FACILITY

  28TH DIV HWY, PORT MATILDA, PA, 16870

  Registry ID: 110071941351

• I99 ERPA LEACHATE TRMT FAC

  OFF I99, WORTH TWP, PORT MATILDA, PA, 16870

  Registry ID: 110054986556

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• I-99 ERPA INDUSTRIAL WW TREATMENT FACILITYentered 2025-04-16

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $22,017

Timeline (5 milestones)

• 2025-04-16Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2025-04-16Final Order Issued
• 2025-04-22Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2025-06-02NPDES Closed
• 2025-06-02Enforcement Action Closed