Civil Cases and Settlements by Statute
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Clean Water Act
| Respondent | Description | Type of Order | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanitary District of Highland, Indiana Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet | (Washington, DC – April 8, 2022) - The Sanitary District of Highland, Indiana, and the Town of Griffith, Indiana, have agreed to construction projects and capital investments that will eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from their sewer systems into nearby water bodies, including the Little Calumet River. | 4/27/2023 | |
| Town of Griffith, Indiana Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet | (Washington, DC – April 8, 2022) - The Sanitary District of Highland, Indiana, and the Town of Griffith, Indiana, have agreed to construction projects and capital investments that will eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from their sewer systems into nearby water bodies, including the Little Calumet River. | 4/27/2023 | |
| City of Holyoke, Massachusetts Settlement Information Sheet | (WASHINGTON - March 22, 2023) – EPA, The Justice Department, and The Commonwealth of Massachusetts have entered into a consent decree with the City of Holyoke, Massachusetts, to resolve the Clean Water Act and Massachusetts state law. The proposed consent decree calls for Holyoke to take further remedial action to reduce ongoing sewage discharges into the Connecticut River from the city’s sewer collection and stormwater systems. | Consent Decree | 3/22/2023 |
| ABF Freight, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with ABF Freight System, Inc. (ABF), a national freight carrier, to resolve alleged Clean Water Act (CWA) violations at transportation facilities located across the country. | Consent Decree | 3/20/2023 |
| The Elyria, Ohio Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, DC – November 9, 2022) - The city of Elyria, Ohio, has entered into a consent decree with the United States and the State of Ohio to complete a series of capital projects designed to eliminate discharges of untreated sewage from its sewer system into the Black River, 10 miles upstream from Lake Erie. | Consent Decree | 11/9/2022 |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC and Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC Settlement | Cliffs Burns Harbor (Cleveland-Cliffs) has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and other laws, for an August 2019 discharge of ammonia and cyanide-laden wastewater into the East Branch of the Little Calumet River. The discharge, which led to fish kills in the river, also caused beach closures along the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Cleveland-Cliffs is undertaking substantial measures to improve its wastewater system at its steel manufacturing and finishing facility in Burns Harbor, Indiana. | Consent Decree | 2/14/2022 |
| The Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District, West Virginia Clean Water Settlement | The Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District in West Virginia will pay a $518,400 penalty, make extensive improvements to its sewer and stormwater systems, and implement a state-directed supplemental environmental project valued at $1.14 million under a settlement with federal and state authorities, the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) announced today. | Consent Decree | 11/17/2021 |
| John Raftopoulos, et al. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a proposed settlement today with John Raftopoulos, Diamond Peak Cattle Company, LLC, and Rancho Greco Limited, LLC (collectively, Defendants) to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) involving unauthorized discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States and trespass on federal public lands in northwest Moffat County, Colorado. | Consent Decree | 3/18/2021 |
| Colorado Springs Settlement Information Sheet | The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act with respect to the City’s storm sewer system. | Consent Decree | 10/29/2020 |
| Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company, LLC, Clean Water Act Settlement | Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with the Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company LLC, d/b/a Fair Grounds Corporation (Fair Grounds) that will resolve years of Clean Water Act (CWA) violations at its New Orleans racetrack. Under the settlement, Fair Grounds will eliminate unauthorized discharges of manure, urine and process wastewater through operational changes and construction projects at an estimated cost of $5,600,000. | Consent Decree | 9/29/2020 |
| City of Corpus Christi, Texas Clean Water Act Settlement | oday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with the City of Corpus Christi to improve its sewer system, which, with more than 1,100 miles of sewer lines and more than 100 lift stations, is one of the largest sewer systems in Texas. | Consent Decree | 9/25/2020 |
| City of Hattiesburg, MS Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet | On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the United States Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Mississippi, acting through the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), lodged a proposed Consent Decree with the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. | Consent Decree | 8/26/2020 |
| City of Manchester, N.H. Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet | In a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of New Hampshire, the City of Manchester, N.H., has agreed to implement a comprehensive set of corrective measures and improvements to the city’s sewer system that will result in significant reductions of sewage. | Consent Decree | 7/13/2020 |
| DuPont Settlement Information Sheet | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice, and the state of Texas have announced a settlement with E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) to resolve alleged hazardous waste, air, and water violations at its former La Porte, Texas chemical manufacturing facility. | Consent Decree | 7/13/2020 |
| Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas | (WASHINGTON D.C. - March 20, 2020) – Under a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Unified Government of Wyandotte Co. and Kansas City, Kansas (UG) will address unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to reduce pollution levels in urban stormwater. | Consent Decree | 3/20/2020 |
| Plains Pipeline, L.P. Settlement | Federal officials announced a civil settlement with Plains All American Pipeline L.P. and Plains Pipeline L.P. (Plains) arising out of Plains’ violations of the federal pipeline safety laws and liability for the May 19, 2015, discharge of approximately 2,934 barrels of crude oil from Plains’ Line 901 immediately north of Refugio State Beach, located near Santa Barbara, California. | Consent Decree | 3/13/2020 |
| Dyno Nobel Inc. Missouri Information Sheet Settlement | Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Dyno Nobel, Inc. (Dyno Nobel) has reached a settlement with the United States to address violations of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at Dyno Nobel’s explosives manufacturing facility in Carthage, Missouri and its ammonium nitrate facility in Louisiana, Missouri. | Consent Decree | 2/27/2020 |
| Dyno Nobel Inc. Missouri Settlement | Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Dyno Nobel, Inc. (Dyno Nobel) has reached a settlement with the United States to address violations of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act at Dyno Nobel’s explosives manufacturing facility in Carthage, Missouri and its ammonium nitrate facility in Louisiana, Missouri. | Consent Decree | 2/27/2020 |
| City of Houston Clean Water Act Settlement | In a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the city of Houston, Texas, has agreed to implement a comprehensive set of corrective measures and improvements to the city’s sewer system to resolve longstanding problems with sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and discharges into various water bodies of pollutants in excess of permitted limits from the city’s 39 wastewater treatment plants. | Consent Decree | 8/27/2019 |
| The City Of Meridian, Mississippi Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet | The City of Meridian, MS (City or Meridian) owns and operates approximately 330 miles of sewer pipes that convey wastewater and other pollutants to the City’s two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The collection system includes “sanitary sewers” (i.e., pipes that are designed to carry sewage only). The system’s service population is approximately 40,800. | Consent Decree | 8/6/2019 |
| Saratoga Springs Owners Association, Inc., Cross Marine Projects, Inc. | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with the Saratoga Springs Owners Association, Inc. and Cross Marine Projects, Inc. (Defendants) resolving alleged unpermitted dredge and fill activities and damages to wetlands at a Utah Lake marina facility in Utah County, Utah. | Consent Decree | 11/19/2018 |
| Evangeline Enterprises LLC Settlement Information Sheet | Racehorse training-center operator Evangeline Enterprises LLC has agreed to pay $300,000 in civil penalties and to make changes in its handling of polluted wastewater at its Louisiana facility to settle Clean Water Act claims filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), the Department of Justice and EPA announced today. | Consent Decree | 10/31/2018 |
| CSX Transportation, Inc. Settlement Information Sheet | U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State of West Virginia announced a settlement with CSX Transportation Inc. to resolve its liability for state and federal water pollution violations related to a 2015 oil spill caused by a train derailment in Mount Carbon, West Virginia. | Consent Decree | 7/24/2018 |
| Magnolia Clean Water Act Settlement Information Sheet | Magnolia Valley Planation, LLC, Magnolia Hills, LLC, and Magnolia Valley, LLC own a 50-acre development site located in Evans, Georgia. The Magnolia site addressed by the complaint and lodged consent decree is a residential construction site that is an expansion of an existing residential area. | Consent Decree | 3/23/2018 |
| Middletown, Ohio Clean Water Act Settlement | The City of Middletown, Ohio owns and operates approximately 342 miles of sewer pipe that convey sewage and other pollutants to the wastewater treatment plant. | 2/9/2018 | |
| The City of Lancaster, PA Clean Water Act Settlement | The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has agreed to comprehensive measures to end discharges of untreated sewage and other pollutants to local waterways from the City’s combined storm and sewage system, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) announced today. | Consent Decree | 12/20/2017 |
| StarKist Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery and Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act Settlement | StarKist Co. is also an operator of the facility and manages, directs, and controls environmental compliance and other decisions at the facility. StarKist Co. is a subsidiary of the Korean company Dongwon Industries. | Consent Decree | 9/12/2017 |
| NVR, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has reached an agreement with home developer NVR, Inc., where NVR will implement a program to improve compliance with federal clean water laws at its sites nationwide. | Consent Decree | 6/15/2017 |
| Gulfstream Park Racing Association, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | Gulfstream Park Racing Association, Inc. is a privately owned corporation that includes a year-round thoroughbred racing venue on approximately 243 acres located in Hallandale Beach, Florida. | 5/1/2017 | |
| Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. Clean Water Act Settlement - 2017 | EPA, and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. (Sunoco) has agreed to pay a civil penalty for alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2012 gasoline discharge near Wellington, Ohio. | Consent Decree | 3/31/2017 |
| EMD Millipore Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | EMD Millipore, known as Merck Millipore outside of the United States and Canada, is the American subsidiary of Merck, and was formed when Merck acquired the Millipore Corporation in 2010. | Consent Decree | 2/6/2017 |
| Hammond Sanitary District Clean Water Act Settlement | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have reached an agreement with the Hammond Sanitary District in Hammond, Ind., that will resolve long-standing violations of the Clean Water Act involving discharges of untreated sewage into the Grand and Little Calumet Rivers. | Consent Decree | 2/3/2017 |
| Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel spills in Texas City, Texas, Nemaha, Neb. and El Dorado, Kan. | Consent Decree | 1/19/2017 |
| Meadowvale Dairy Clean Water Act Settlement | Meadowvale Dairy, LLC, has agreed to pay a civil penalty and take actions to prevent illegal discharges to Iowa streams in compliance with the Clean Water Act, officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. Meadowvale Dairy operates multiple concentrated animal feeding operations in Rock Valley, Iowa. | Consent Decree | 1/19/2017 |
| City of Tyler, Texas Clean Water Act Settlement | Today the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the city of Tyler, Texas, agreed to significantly upgrade its sanitary sewer system to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA). The city will also undertake extensive operational improvements to its sanitary sewer system and pay a total of $563,000 in civil penalties. | Consent Decree | 1/17/2017 |
| Greer Industries, Inc., Deckers Creek Limestone Co., Pikewood, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced today that the owners and operators of the Pikewood National Golf Club in Morgantown, WV, have settled alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act related to the unpermitted filling of wetlands and waterways. | Consent Decree | 1/10/2017 |
| The City of West Haven, Connecticut | The city is authorized under a Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge stormwater through its MS4 to the New Haven Harbor provided it complies with all provisions of the permit. | Consent Decree | 12/15/2016 |
| Gary Sanitary District and City of Gary Clean Water Settlement | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice have reached an agreement with the city of Gary and the Gary Sanitary District that will resolve long-standing violations of the Clean Water Act, including the release of raw sewage. The city will pay a civil fine of $75,000 and take corrective steps starting immediately and continuing over the next 25 years to eliminate these problems. | Consent Decree | 12/12/2016 |
| New York Racing Association (NYRA) | The New York Racing Association (NYRA) has violated Section 301 of the CWA by discharging pollutants into waters of the United States from Defendant’s Aqueduct Racetrack in violation of conditions of its New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYSDEC”) State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“SPDES”) General Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (“CAFO General Permit”) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) | Consent Decree | 9/30/2016 |
| Southern Coal Corporation Global | The settlement with Southern Coal Corporation and 26 affiliated mining companies for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the companies to make comprehensive upgrades to their coal mining and processing operations to prevent discharges of polluted wastewater from their mines in Appalachia. The estimated cost of these measures is $5 million. | Consent Decree | 9/30/2016 |
| Total Environmental Solutions, Inc. (TESI) | A consent decree modification was filed on Sept. 30, 2016 for Total Environmental Solutions, Inc. (TESI) for violations of the Clean Water Act. (CWA) The first consent decree was issued on Dec. 21, 2000 for TESI. However, under the Dec. 21, 2000 consent decree, violations continued and the parties found that facility-specific problems existed.Total Environmental Solutions, Inc. (TESI) owns and operates 161 individual sewage treatment plants and the connection collection system in Louisiana. | Consent Decree | 9/30/2016 |
| Consol Energy Inc., CNX Coal Resources LP, and Consol Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the state of Pennsylvania, announced today that Consol Energy Inc., CNX Coal Resources and Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co., LLC (“Consol”) have agreed to implement extensive water management and monitoring activities to prevent contaminated discharges of mining wastewater from the Bailey Mine Complex (Complex) in Greene and Washington Counties, Pa., to the Ohio River and its tributaries. | Consent Decree | 8/4/2016 |
| Nevada Department of Transportation Clean Water Settlement | The agreement requires NDOT to establish a stormwater management program to control pollutants entering waters, spend $200,000 on an environmental project that will provide real-time water quality data to the public and pay $60,000 each to EPA and NDEP. | Consent Decree | 7/28/2016 |
| Enbridge Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice today announced a settlement with Enbridge Energy Limited Partnership and several related Enbridge companies to resolve claims stemming from its 2010 oil spills in Marshall, Mich. and Romeoville, Ill. | Consent Decree | 7/20/2016 |
| John Hubenka and LeClair Irrigation District Clean Water Act Settlement | The settlement agreement in this matter resolves a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) civil judicial action against John Hubenka and LeClair Irrigation District (“LID”) for unlawful discharges into the Wind River in Fremont County, Wyoming. | Settlement Agreement | 7/11/2016 |
| Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. Clean Water Act Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. (Sunoco) has agreed to pay a civil penalty and implement corrective measures for alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2009 crude oil spill from Sunoco’s Barbers Hill, Texas facility and a 2011 crude oil spill from Sunoco’s Cromwell, Oklahoma facility. | Consent Decree | 7/11/2016 |
| Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative Clean Water Act Settlement | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency today announced a $6 million agreement with the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative to resolve Clean Water Act violations at its processing facility near Renville, Minn. The company manufactures refined sugar, liquid sugar and other products from sugar beets. | Consent Decree | 5/12/2016 |
| Salt Lake County, Utah Clean Water Act Settlement | Salt Lake County, Utah owns and operates a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). The County is authorized under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge stormwater through its MS4 to the Jordan River, its tributaries, and tributaries of the Great Salt Lake provided it complies with all provisions of the permit. | Consent Decree | 2/2/2016 |
| Greenville, Mississippi Clean Water Settlement | The City of Greenville, MS (City) owns and operates the Greenville Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTP), approximately 200 miles of sanitary sewer lines, and 100 sanitary sewer pump stations and associated appurtenances. | Consent Decree | 1/28/2016 |
| James C. Justice, II and James C. Justice Companies, Inc., and High Mountain Living, LLC Clean Water Act Settlement | Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection filed a settlement withJames C. Justice II, the James C. Justice Companies, Inc. and High Mountain Living LLC resolving violations of state and federal environmental laws designed to protect the health of wetlands and waterways. | Consent Decree | 12/10/2015 |
| Rhode Island Department of Transportation Settlement | The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) operates a Phase II municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) that serves RIDOT roadways and facilities across the State of Rhode Island. | Consent Decree | 10/15/2015 |
| The City of Rockford, Illinois Clean Water Act Settlement | The City of Rockford, Illinois owns and operates a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). The city is authorized under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to discharge stormwater to waters of the United States through its MS4 provided it complies with all provisions of the permit. | Consent Decree | 10/8/2015 |
| The Town of Swampscott, Massachusetts Clean Water Act Settlement | The Town of Swampscott entered into a Consent Decree today agreeing to pay a $65,000 civil penalty and to take critical remedial measures to address pollution the Town discharged into the ocean near local beaches. | Consent Decree | 9/18/2015 |
| Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, et al. Clean Water Act Settlement | Under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has agreed to make major upgrades, improve inspections and cleaning of existing facilities within the Puerto Nuevo system and continue improvements to its systems island-wide. | Consent Decree | 9/15/2015 |
| Bangor, Maine Clean Water Act (CWA) Settlement | Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged today in federal court to address noncompliance with the Clean Water Act, the City of Bangor, Maine, will take action to prevent sewer overflows and contaminated stormwater from entering the Penobscot River and Kenduskeag Stream. | Consent Decree | 8/26/2015 |
| Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority (DELCORA) resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations involving combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Delaware River and its tributaries. | Consent Decree | 8/17/2015 |
| Arch Coal, Inc. and International Coal Group Subsidiaries Settlement | EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice the announced today that Arch Coal Inc., one of the nation’s largest coal companies, and 14 of its subsidiaries under the International Coal Group Inc. have agreed to conduct comprehensive upgrades to their operations to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 8/6/2015 |
| District of Columbia of Water and Sewer Authority, District of Columbia Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the District of Columbia (District) and DC Water today announced an agreement to modify a 2005 federal consent decree (CD) allowing DC Water to incorporate green infrastructure in its long-term strategy for curtailing combined sewer overflows (CSOs). | Consent Decree | 5/20/2015 |
| Exxonmobil Mayflower Clean Water Settlement | EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice and the State of Arkansas announced that ExxonMobil Pipeline Company and Mobil Pipeline Company (ExxonMobil) have agreed to pay a civil penalty, fund an environmental project and implement corrective measures for an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a 2013 crude oil spill from ExxonMobil’s “Pegasus” pipeline near Mayflower, Arkansas. | Consent Decree | 4/22/2015 |
| Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | EPA and Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced today a settlement with Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., one of the nation’s largest egg producers, that resolves Clean Water Act violations at the company’s poultry egg production facility in Edwards, Miss. | Consent Decree | 4/13/2015 |
| Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Missouri Department of Transportation Settlement | The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has agreed to implement a statewide compliance program and to pay a $750,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at two road construction sites. The sites are Highway 54 in Osage Beach, and on Highway 67 between Coldwater and Silva. | Consent Decree | 4/8/2015 |
| City of Harrisburg Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a proposed partial settlement with co-plaintiff Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) and the City of Harrisburg and Capital Region Water to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations involving sewer overflows and discharges of polluted stormwater to the Susquehanna River and Paxton Creek. | Consent Decree | 2/11/2015 |
| City of Fort Smith, Arkansas Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arkansas announced that the city of Fort Smith, Ark. will spend more than $255 million plus the cost of routine operation and maintenance over the next 12 years on upgrades to its sewer collection and treatment system to reduce discharges of raw sewage and other pollutants into local waterways. | Consent Decree | 1/5/2015 |
| XTO Energy, Inc. Settlement - 2014 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that XTO Energy, Inc. (XTO), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and the nation’s largest holder of natural gas reserves, will spend an estimated $3 million to restore eight sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations. | Consent Decree | 12/22/2014 |
| City of Lima, Ohio Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the State of Ohio today announced a Clean Water Act settlement with the City of Lima, Ohio, to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into the Ottawa River during wet weather. | Consent Decree | 11/20/2014 |
| The ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP Clean Water Act Settlement | Under a settlement agreement with the United States, ATP Infrastructure Partners, LP (ATP-IP) will pay a $1 million civil penalty and perform corrective measures to resolve claims by the U.S. under the Clean Water Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) of unauthorized discharges of oil and chemicals from an oil platform into the Gulf of Mexico, announced the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Consent Decree | 10/16/2014 |
| Trans Energy Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | EPA, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Trans Energy Inc., requiring the oil and gas company to restore portions of streams and wetlands at 15 sites in West Virginia polluted by the company’s unauthorized discharge of dredge or fill material. | Consent Decree | 9/2/2014 |
| East Bay Municipal Utility District Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a Clean Water Act settlement requiring the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and seven East Bay communities to conduct extensive system repairs aimed at eliminating millions of gallons of sewage discharges into San Francisco Bay. | Consent Decree | 7/28/2014 |
| Ivory Home, Ltd. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Ivory Homes, Ltd. has agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at several locations in Utah and will invest in a company-wide compliance program to improve employee training and stormwater management at all current and future residential construction sites. | Consent Decree | 6/24/2014 |
| EPA Inspections Reveal Clean Water Act Violations by Former Dairy Owner near Rock Valley, Iowa | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) personnel conducted a series of inspections in March and May 2013 at the Double V Dairy, LLC, near Rock Valley, Iowa. As a result of the inspections, the former owner of the dairy has agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, according to a proposed consent agreement. | 3/10/2014 | |
| Alpha Natural Resources Inc. Settlement | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), one of the nation’s largest coal companies, Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million on installing and operating wastewater treatment systems and implementing comprehensive, system-wide upgrades to reduce discharges of pollution from coal mines in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 3/5/2014 |
| City of Great Falls, Montana and Malteurop North America, Inc. | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the City of Great Falls, Mont., and Malteurop North America, Inc. (Malteurop) have agreed to control wastewater discharges that generate high levels of toxic gas in the City’s sewer system. | Consent Decree | 3/3/2014 |
| City of Mishawaka Settlement | United States Attorney David Capp and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that the City of Mishawaka, Indiana has agreed to make an estimated $132.1 million worth of improvements to its combined sewer system to completely eliminate overflows of raw sewage to the St. Joseph River during a typical year of rainfall. | Consent Decree | 2/12/2014 |
| Gasco Energy, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Gasco Energy, Inc., a Denver-based company, has agreed to permanently close a natural gas production well and fully restore approximately 2.3 acres of damaged wetlands in a floodplain adjacent to the Green River in Utah’s Uintah Basin. | Consent Decree | 2/4/2014 |
| Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC Clean Water Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice announced that Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second largest natural gas producer, will spend an EPA-estimated $6.5 million to restore 27 sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands and to implement a comprehensive plan to comply with federal and state water protection laws at the company’s natural gas extraction sites in West Virginia, many of which involve hydraulic fracturing operations. | Consent Decree | 12/19/2013 |
| City of West Haven, Connecticut Clean Water Settlement | A major settlement involving federal and state regulators and the City of West Haven, Conn. will significantly reduce illegal discharges of raw sewage into the environment throughout West Haven from the City’s wastewater collection system. The agreement is between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office, and the City of West Haven. | Consent Decree | 12/19/2013 |
| Court Decision in Tronox Bankruptcy Fraudulent Conveyance Case Results in Largest Environmental Bankruptcy Award Ever | The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York decided against Kerr-McGee Corporation and related companies that are subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in a fraudulent conveyance case. The Court awarded damages between approximately $5.2 billion and $14.2 billion to the plaintiffs, which, even at the low end of the damages range, is the largest amount ever awarded in a bankruptcy proceeding for governmental environmental claims and liabilities. | 12/12/2013 | |
| City of Shreveport Settlement | WASHINGTON – The city of Shreveport, La., has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sanitary sewer system and pay a $650,000 civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from illegal discharges of raw sewage, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The state of Louisiana, a co-plaintiff in this case, will receive half of the civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2013 |
| City of Starkville, Mississippi | This is the consent agreement and final order for City of Starkville, Mississippi | 10/29/2013 | |
| County Edge Dairy Inc. | County Edge Dairy Inc. has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at its Inwood, Iowa, facility, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | 10/25/2013 | |
| Columbia, South Carolina Clean Water Act Settlement | The Department of Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced a proposed settlement today with the City of Columbia to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA), including unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Columbia has agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of, and implement extensive improvements to, its sanitary sewer system at an estimated cost of $750 million. | Consent Decree | 9/10/2013 |
| City of Vicksburg, Mississippi | This is th Consent Agreement and Final Order for City of Vicksburg, Mississippi | 7/23/2013 | |
| San Antonio Water System (SAWS) Settlement | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) has agreed to make significant upgrades to reduce overflows from its sewer system and pay a $2.6 million civil penalty to resolve Clean Water Act (CWA) violations stemming from illegal discharges of raw sewage. | Consent Decree | 7/23/2013 |
| XTO Energy, Inc. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with XTO Energy Inc. to resolve an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) related to the discharge of stored wastewater from natural gas exploration and production activities, commonly known as fracking, in Penn Township, Pa. | Consent Decree | 7/18/2013 |
| Cape Fear/Wilmington, North Carolina Settlement | (ATLANTA, GA - July 11, 2013) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the City of Wilmington, New Hanover County and the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (Authority) in North Carolina. The proposed settlement set forth in a consent decree will resolve these parties’ liability for violations of the CWA, including unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. | Consent Decree | 7/11/2013 |
| Kansas Department of Transportation Clean Water Settlement | The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is the state agency that conducts the building, expansion, modernization and maintenance of public roads in the State of Kansas. | Consent Decree | 7/1/2013 |
| Miami-Dade County Clean Water Act Settlement | Miami-Dade County, Florida (Miami-Dade) agreed to resolve allegations by the United States and State of Florida that Miami-Dade violated federal and state water pollution control laws and regulations at its three wastewater treatment works. The proposed settlement resolves unpermitted discharges of sewage, NPDES permit effluent violations, and imminent and substantial endangerment claims due to sewer spills and the threat of a 54 inch sewer line under Biscayne Bay breaking. The injunctive relief required by the settlement is the substantial repair of three waste water treatment plants and sewer system at an estimated cost of $1.6 billion. | Consent Decree | 6/6/2013 |
| Coronet Industries | The 2,500-acre site is located east of Plant City, Florida, and includes a 980-acre parcel, a 1,365-acre parcel and a handful of smaller parcels occupied by operating businesses. The site also includes a former phosphate rock mine and chemical plant. | Consent Decree | 4/30/2013 |
| Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to improve the state’s stormwater management program as part of EPA’s national effort to reduce pollution of waterways by runoff from cities and statewide transportation agencies. ADOT manages 18,000 travel lane miles across the state, and stormwater runoff from its roads and maintenance facilities contain pollutants such as metals, sediment, oil, grease, pesticides and trash. | 4/22/2013 | |
| Seattle, Washington and King County, Washington Settlement | King County and the City of Seattle have agreed to invest in a major upgrades of to local sewage and combined stormwater collection, piping and treatment under settlements with the Department of Justice and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The state of Washington was a co-plaintiff and partner in these settlements. | Consent Decree | 4/16/2013 |
| EPA Orders Enbridge Inc. to Perform Additional Dredging to Remove Oil from Kalamazoo River, Mich. | EPA issued an administrative order that requires Enbridge Inc. to do additional dredging in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from the company’s July 2010 pipeline spill. | Administrative Order on Consent | 3/14/2013 |
| Transocean Settlement | According to the terms of the settlement, Transocean will pay a $1 billion civil penalty to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from the discharge of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from the loss of the Deepwater Horizon and the April 20, 2010 blowout of the Macondo Well, and will additionally perform substantial injunctive relief to improve the safety of Transocean’s oil drilling practices, as well as its oil spill response and preparedness. | Consent Decree | 1/3/2013 |
| Scranton Sewer Authority, Scranton, Pennsylvania Settlement | The United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania announced today a settlement with the Scranton Sewer Authority (SSA) resolving alleged Clean Water Act violations involving sewer overflows to the Lackawanna River and its tributaries. | Consent Decree | 12/13/2012 |
| City of Jackson, Mississippi Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Justice, and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) announced today a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the city of Jackson, Miss. Jackson has agreed to make improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and unauthorized bypasses of treatment at the Savanna Street Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), the city’s largest wastewater treatment facility. | Consent Decree | 11/21/2012 |
| Roquette America, Inc. Settlement | Roquette America, Inc. has agreed to pay a $4,100,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit at its grain processing facility in Keokuk, Iowa, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2012 |
| Falls Creek Farm, Sterling, Connecticut Settlement | The owners of Falls Creek Farm, a horse boarding and training facility and farm located in Sterling, Conn., have agreed to restore and create 11.3 acres of wetlands to settle claims by the United States that wetlands were illegally filled and altered during construction of a private golf course and other modifications to their property. | Consent Decree | 10/2/2012 |
| GSP Management Company | Frank Perano and a series of his corporations and related entities own, operate, and/or manage mobile home parks in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. After a joint multi-year investigation, EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) found evidence of more than 4,300 Clean Water Act violations at 15 mobile home parks in Pennsylvania where the defendants treat waste water, and more than 900 Safe Drinking Water Act violations at 30 mobile home parks also in Pennsylvania. | Consent Decree | 10/1/2012 |
| Frederick W. Hertrich, III, et al. Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that Frederick W. Hertrich III and his project manager, Charles Ernesto, will jointly pay a $100,000 penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at a site in Federalsburg, Caroline County, Md. | Consent Decree | 9/28/2012 |
| BP Products North America, Inc. Curtis Bay Terminal Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP Products North America, Inc. will pay a $210,000 penalty and implement an enhanced oil spill response program at its oil terminals nationwide, as well as a comprehensive compliance audit to resolve alleged violations of oil spill response regulations at its Curtis Bay Terminal in Md. | Consent Decree | 9/27/2012 |
| Boston Water and Sewer Commission Settlement | Under the terms of a consent decree lodged in federal court today, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) will implement extensive remedial measures to minimize the discharge of sewage and other pollutants into the water bodies in and around Boston, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 8/23/2012 |
| Gloucester WWTP | (Boston, Mass. – Aug. 23, 2012) – Under the terms of a modified Consent Decree lodged in federal court today, the City of Gloucester will upgrade its sewage treatment plant and work to stem overflows from its sewer system. The modified Consent Decree stems from a federal enforcement action brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Office of the Attorney General of Massachusetts, on behalf of the Department of Environmental Protection. | 8/23/2012 | |
| Sterling Suffolk Racecourse LLC Clean Water Act Settlement | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sterling Suffolk Racecourse LLC will pay a civil penalty of $1.25 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its Suffolk Downs racetrack facility in Revere and East Boston, Mass. The company is also spending more than $3 million to prevent polluted water from entering nearby waterways and will perform three environmental projects worth approximately $742,000 that will provide water quality monitoring and protection efforts for more than 123 square miles of watershed. The terms of the settlement are contained in a consent decree lodged in federal court in Boston today. | Consent Decree | 8/22/2012 |
| City of Fitchburg | Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged in federal court, the City of Fitchburg, Mass. will pay a civil penalty of $141,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act. The City will also perform a Supplemental Environmental Project worth at least $100,000 and is implementing significant remedial measures to minimize future discharges of pollutants into the environment. | Consent Decree | 8/15/2012 |
| City of Chattanooga, Tennessee Clean Water Act Settlement | Chattanooga has agreed to pay a $476,400 civil penalty and make improvements to its sewer systems, estimated by the city at $250 million, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Chattanooga also has agreed to implement a green infrastructure plan and perform an $800,000 stream restoration project. | Consent Decree | 7/17/2012 |
| Adams Land and Cattle Company | Adams Land and Cattle Company, a beef feedlot near Broken Bow, Neb., has agreed to pay a $145,000 civil penalty to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for violating the federal Clean Water Act and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit related to discharges of pollutants into Mud Creek. | 7/10/2012 | |
| Toll Brothers, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | WASHINGTON – Toll Brothers, Inc., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will pay a civil penalty of $741,000 to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites, including sites located in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 6/20/2012 |
| The City of Perth Amboy Settlement | The city of Perth Amboy, N.J., has agreed to make major improvements in its combined sewer system to protect people’s health and water quality under a legal agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Under the agreement, which was lodged by the Department of Justice in federal court today, the city will reduce the amount of sewage and other pollutants that flow out of 16 combined sewer points into the Raritan River and Arthur Kill. | Consent Decree | 6/6/2012 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee Sanitary Sewer Overflow Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General announced a comprehensive Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the City of Memphis, Tenn. Memphis has agreed to make improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage. Memphis estimates such work will cost approximately $250 million. | Consent Decree | 4/16/2012 |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with Union Pacific Railroad Company regarding alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act. | Consent Decree | 2/9/2012 |
| EPA Orders Albuquerque Racetrack to Stop Discharges to Protect Rio Grande | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an order to halt discharges of animal waste, industrial run-off and other pollutants into the Rio Grande. The action was taken against the Downs at Albuquerque Inc. and EXPO New Mexico, a 93-acre race track and casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico, that accommodates almost 1,400 horses during racing season. | 1/25/2012 | |
| Triad Mining, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | Triad Mining Inc., the owner and operator of 31 surface mines in Appalachia and Indiana, has agreed to pay a penalty and to restore affected waterways for failing to obtain the required Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for stream impacts caused by its surface mining operation in Indiana, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). | Consent Decree | 1/9/2012 |
| City of South Bend, Indiana Settlement | The City of South Bend, Indiana has agreed to make an estimated $509.5 million worth of improvements to its combined sewer system to significantly reduce overflows of raw sewage to the St. Joseph River, which is a tributary of Lake Michigan. One well-known stretch of the St. Joseph River in South Bend, the East Race, is the site of an annual international kayaking competition and also is where Olympic kayakers and rescue workers periodically train. | Consent Decree | 12/29/2011 |
| Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Settlement | The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Clean Water Act (CWA) settlement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) to resolve claims that untreated sewer discharges were released into Chicago area waterways during flood and wet weather events. | Consent Decree | 12/14/2011 |
| Wright Brothers Construction Company and Georgia Department of Transportation Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced Wright Brothers Construction Co. and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) have agreed to pay a $1.5 million dollar penalty and spend more than $1.3 million to offset environmental damages to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). | Consent Decree | 12/12/2011 |
| Lafarge North America Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | Lafarge North America Inc., one of the largest suppliers of construction materials in the United States and Canada, and four of its U.S. subsidiaries have agreed to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations. | Consent Decree | 11/29/2011 |
| City of Elkhart, Indiana, Combined Sewer Overflow Settlement Water Act Settlement | St. Joseph and Elkhart Rivers, and Christiana Creek. Under the 2011 settlement, the City is also required to pay civil penalties totaling $87,000 to be divided equally between the United States and the State. | Consent Decree | 10/24/2011 |
| City of Euclid, Ohio Combined and Sanitary Sewer Overflow Clean Water Act Settlement | On October 14, 2011, a Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, put the City of Euclid (the City) on an enforceable schedule to complete remedial measures by 2026 to address its combined sewer and separate sanitary sewer overflows from its sewer system that have been contributing to the impairment of creeks or streams that flow into Lake Erie, as well as the Lake itself. | Consent Decree | 10/14/2011 |
| Ryland Group Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with the Ryland Group Inc., a national residential homebuilder, to resolve Clean Water Act violations at more than 275 construction sites in 14 states. As part of the settlement, Ryland will pay a civil penalty of $625,000 and implement a program to improve compliance with stormwater runoff requirements at its current and future construction sites. Contaminated stormwater puts people’s health and the nation’s rivers, lakes, and sources of drinking water at risk because it can carry pollutants, including sediment, debris, and pesticides that impact water quality. | Consent Decree | 10/7/2011 |
| Trident Seafoods Corp. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced that Trident Seafoods Corp., one of the world’s largest seafood processors, has agreed to pay a $2.5 million civil penalty and invest millions in fish waste controls to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Unauthorized discharges of seafood processing waste lead to large seafood waste piles on the seafloor, creating anoxic, or oxygen-depleted, conditions that result in unsuitable habitats for fish and other living organisms. | Consent Decree | 9/28/2011 |
| Newport Sand and Gravel Co., Inc., and Carroll Concrete Co. Inc., Settlement | Newport Sand and Gravel Co., Inc. and Carroll Concrete Co., Inc., of Newport N.H., will pay a $200,000 civil penalty and implement a compliance program to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act at five facilities in Vermont and New Hampshire. | Consent Decree | 9/26/2011 |
| The Links at Columbia, LP and Lindsey Construction Company, Inc. Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 31, 2011) Lindsey Construction Company, Inc., of Fayetteville, Ark., and one of its associated limited partnerships have agreed to pay a $430,000 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of construction stormwater violations that occurred during development of The Links of Columbia, a nine-hole golf course and 64-building apartment project in Columbia, Mo | Consent Decree | 8/31/2011 |
| Department of the Interior Indian Affairs Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) have reached an agreement to address alleged violations at schools and public water systems (PWSs) owned, operated, or otherwise the legal responsibility of DOI, Indian Affairs (IA). IA is comprised of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). | Consent Agreement | 8/22/2011 |
| St. Louis Clean Water Act Settlement | The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (“MSD”) in St. Louis, Missouri has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems and treatment plants, to eliminate illegal overflows of untreated raw sewage and reduce pollution levels in urban rivers and streams, the Justice Department, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, and the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation announced today. | Consent Decree | 8/4/2011 |
| Jersey City Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA) Settlement | WASHINGTON – A settlement between the United States and the Jersey City, N.J. Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA) will resolve Clean Water Act violations by JCMUA for failing to properly operate and maintain its combined sewer system, the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. JCMUA will invest more than $52 million in repairs and upgrades to its existing infrastructure and pay a civil penalty of $375,000. | Consent Decree | 7/19/2011 |
| Jersey City, NJ Municipal Utilities Authority (JCMUA) Settlement | JCMUA will invest more than $52 million in repairs and upgrades to its existing infrastructure and pay a civil penalty of $375,000. | Consent Decree | 7/19/2011 |
| City of Unalaska, Alaska Wastewater Treatment Plant | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a Clean Water Act complaint on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against the City of Unalaska, Alaska, and the State of Alaska for long-standing and repeated Clean Water Act violations. | Consent Decree | 6/23/2011 |
| Mahard Egg Farm, Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) today announced that Mahard Egg Farm, Inc., a Texas corporation, will pay a $1.9 million penalty to resolve claims that the company violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its egg production facilities in Texas and Oklahoma. The civil penalty is the largest amount to be paid in a federal enforcement action involving a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). The company will also spend approximately $3.5 million in pollution controls to ensure compliance with the law and protect the environment and people's health. | Consent Decree | 5/18/2011 |
| BP North Slope Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. will pay $25 million in civil penalties and implement a system-wide pipeline integrity management program for spilling more than 5,000 barrels of crude oil from the company’s pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska. The penalty is the largest per-barrel penalty to date for an oil spill. | Consent Decree | 5/3/2011 |
| Consol Energy Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice, and state of West Virginia announced today that Consol Energy Inc., the largest producer of coal from underground mines in the United States, has agreed to pay a $5.5 million civil penalty for Clean Water Act violations at six of its mines in West Virginia. In addition to the penalty, Consol will spend an estimated $200 million in pollution controls that will reduce discharges of harmful mining wastewater into Appalachian streams and rivers. | Consent Decree | 3/14/2011 |
| Arch Coal Clean Water Act Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that Arch Coal Inc., the second largest supplier of coal in the United States, has agreed to pay a $4 million dollar penalty for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Under the settlement, Arch Coal will implement changes to its mining operations in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky to ensure compliance with the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 3/1/2011 |
| City of Evansville Settlement | The city of Evansville, Indiana., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems that will significantly reduce the city's longstanding sewage overflows into the Ohio River in a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with federal and state governments, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of Indiana announced today. The agreement would resolve allegations made in a lawsuit filed by the United States and Indiana in September 2009 against Evansville for alleged violations of its Clean Water Act discharge permits. | Consent Decree | 1/6/2011 |
| Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, DC - December 22, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District that will address the flow of untreated sewage into Cleveland area waterways and Lake Erie. The settlement will safeguard water quality and protect human health by capturing and treating more than 98 percent of wet weather flows entering the combined sewer system, which services the city of Cleveland and 59 adjoining communities. | Consent Decree | 12/22/2010 |
| DeKalb County Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, DC - December 13, 2010) DeKalb County, Ga. has agreed to make major improvements to its sanitary sewer systems in an effort to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated sewage, the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced today. | Consent Decree | 12/13/2010 |
| Beazer Homes USA, Inc., Settlement | (Washington, DC - December 02, 2010) Beazer Homes USA, Inc., a national residential homebuilder, has agreed today to pay a $925,000 civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites in 21 states, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. As part of the settlement, Beazer will also implement a company-wide stormwater program to improve compliance with stormwater runoff requirements at current and future construction sites around the country. | Consent Decree | 12/2/2010 |
| City of Toledo, Ohio Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - Oct. 21, 2010) The city of Toledo, Ohio, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer system that will significantly reduce the city’s longstanding sewage overflows into Swan Creek and the Maumee and Ottawa Rivers, the city’s main waterways, the Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Ohio announced today. | Amended Consent Decree | 10/21/2010 |
| Bristol Township Clean Water Act Settlement | Bristol Township agreed to resolve allegations by the United States and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that the township violated federal and state water pollution control laws and regulations at its water treatment works in Bucks County, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. | Consent Decree | 9/27/2010 |
| Chemtura Corporation Bankruptcy Settlement Agreement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Justice Department, and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced that Chemtura Corporation has agreed to resolve its liabilities at 17 sites across the U.S. for approximately $26 million. The agreement settles the government’s claims in Chemtura’s bankruptcy case relating to liabilities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly known as Superfund), and for violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). The bankruptcy settlement will fund past and future cleanup costs at Superfund sites across the country. | Settlement Agreement | 8/24/2010 |
| City of Revere, Massachusetts Clean Water Act Settlement | Under the terms of a Consent Decree lodged in federal court, the City of Revere, Mass. will significantly reduce illegal discharges of raw sewage overflows into the environment from its wastewater collection system and separate storm sewer system. The City has estimated that it will spend approximately $50 million to address these illegal discharges. Revere will also pay a civil penalty of $130,000 for past violations of the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 8/15/2010 |
| City and County of Honolulu Settlement | A comprehensive settlement has been reached with the City and County of Honolulu that will address Clean Water Act compliance at Honolulu’s wastewater collection and treatment systems, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, Hawaii Department of Health, and three environmental groups announced today. | Consent Decree | 8/10/2010 |
| Plains All American Pipeline Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Justice Department announced that Plains All American Pipeline and several of its operating subsidiaries have agreed to spend approximately $41 million to upgrade 10,420 miles of crude oil pipeline operated in the United States. The settlement resolves Plains’ Clean Water Act violations for 10 crude oil spills in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and requires the company to pay a $3.25 million civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 8/10/2010 |
| Williamsport Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – June 22, 2010) The Williamsport, Pa., Sanitary Authority (WSA) has agreed to make significant improvements to its combined sewer system at an estimated cost of approximately $10 million, in order to resolve long-standing problems with combined sewer overflows to the Susquehanna River, which flows to the Chesapeake Bay, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 6/22/2010 |
| Kansas City, Missouri Clean Water Act Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., - May 18, 2010) The City of Kansas City, Mo., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $2.5 billion over 25 years, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to reduce pollution levels in urban stormwater, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 5/18/2010 |
| City of Oswego Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington - 5/13/10) To resolve long-standing problems with unpermitted sewer overflows, the city of Oswego, NY, will invest an estimated $87 million in improvements to its west side sewer system, the Justice Depatment and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 5/13/2010 |
| Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Settlement | (WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 20, 2010) Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a builder of residential homes nationwide, has agreed today to pay a $1 million civil penalty to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at 591 construction sites in 18 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today. As part of the settlement, the company will also implement a company-wide stormwater compliance program designed to improve compliance with storm water run-off requirements at existing and future construction sites around the country. | Consent Decree | 4/20/2010 |
| Pacific Pipeline Systems, LLC Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - 01/20/10) Pacific Pipeline Systems LLP, a Long Beach, Calif.-based oil transport company, has agreed to pay a $1.3 million civil penalty and discontinue the use of a section of pipeline through an unstable section of mountains to resolve a Clean Water Act violation, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 1/20/2010 |
| American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) Bankruptcy Settlement | Bankruptcy settlement with American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO). EPA, along with other federal and state agencies pursued and received $1.79 billion to fund environmental cleanup and restoration under the bankruptcy reorganization. | Settlement Agreement | 12/10/2009 |
| City of Akron Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 13, 2009) The city of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer system to reduce or eliminate sewage overflows that have long polluted the Cuyahoga River and its tributaries, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of Ohio announced today. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2009 |
| City and County of San Francisco Clean Water Act Settlement | SAN FRANCISCO (November 2, 2009) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action against the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency following federal violations of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. | Consent Decree | 11/2/2009 |
| Hampton Roads Sanitiation Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON, DC - Sept. 29, 2009) Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD), based in Virginia Beach, Va., has agreed to pay a $900,000 civil penalty and to take corrective actions to reduce alleged sanitary sewer overflows from its collection system and nine sewage treatment plants that have polluted the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Commonwealth of Virginia announced today. | Consent Decree | 9/29/2009 |
| Scranton Sewer Authority For Clean Water Act Settlement | (PHILADELPHIA – September 29, 2009) The U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has filed a complaint asking a federal court to order the Scranton Sewer Authority to stop discharges of untreated sewage into the Lackawanna River. | Complaint | 9/29/2009 |
| City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, Clean Water Act Settlement | The city of Jeffersonville, Ind., has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems that will significantly reduce the city's longstanding sewage overflows into the Ohio River in a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with federal and state government, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Indiana announced today. | Consent Decree | 9/17/2009 |
| Magellan Ammonia Pipeline, Enterprise Products Operating, L.P., and Mid-America Pipeline, L.P. Clean Water Act Settlement | (Kansas City, Kansas - August 14, 2009) - A pipeline company and two of its former operating firms will jointly pay a civil penalty of $3.65 million to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from anhydrous ammonia spills in Nebraska and Kansas, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The spills which occurred in 2004 resulted in significant fish kills in surrounding waterways. | Consent Decree | 8/14/2009 |
| Aggregate Industries Clean Water Act Settlement | (Boston, Mass. – August 6, 2009) – Aggregate Industries - Northeast Region Inc., will pay a $2.75 million civil penalty and implement a regional evaluation and compliance program to resolve numerous violations of the Clean Water Act at 23 facilities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The penalty is the largest ever assessed to a nationwide ready-mix concrete company for storm water violations under the Clean Water Act. The settlement is the latest in a series of federal enforcement actions to address storm water violations from industrial facilities and construction sites around the country. | Consent Decree | 8/6/2009 |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Clean Water Act Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 6, 2009) Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Nevada by restoring 122 acres of mountain-desert streams and wetlands, implementing stormwater controls at its construction sites, and paying a civil penalty, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 8/6/2009 |
| Lebanon, New Hampshire Clean Water Act Settlement | (Boston, Mass. – May 28, 2009) – A settlement involving federal and state regulators and the City of Lebanon, N.H. will lead to improvements in the operation and maintenance of the City’s wastewater collection and transmission system – preventing discharges of untreated sewage to the Connecticut and Mascoma Rivers. The agreement is between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, and the City of Lebanon, New Hampshire. | Consent Decree | 5/28/2009 |
| Anadarko Petroleum Company Clean Water Act Settlement | (May 7, 2009 -- Denver, Colo.) Anadarko Petroleum Co., and two related oil production companies have agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $1 million and implement injunctive relief, develop facility response plans, and revise spill prevention as well as containment plans at a cost of more than $8 million during the term of the settlement in order to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 5/7/2009 |
| Independence, Missouri Clean Water Act Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., March 31, 2009) - The City of Independence, Mo., has reached an agreement with EPA Region 7 and the U.S. Department of Justice to make a series of improvements to its sanitary sewer system aimed at keeping millions of gallons of untreated sewage from flowing into local urban streams, including Mill and Rock creeks, and the Missouri River watershed each year. Under terms of a consent decree lodged today in Kansas City, Mo., Independence will pay a settlement penalty of $255,000 to the United States. The city will spend an additional $450,000 on a Supplemental Environmental Project involving soil and bank stabilization and the use of native grasses and flowers to replace fescue grass at three of its water detention basins. | Consent Decree | 3/31/2009 |
| City of Ironton Clean Water Act Settlement | On March 17, 2009, the United States District Court entered the Consent Decree that resolves the federal government's claims under the Clean Water Act. The Consent Decree requires the City of Ironton to pay a total civil penalty of $98,000, divided equally between the United States and the State of Ohio. | Consent Decree | 3/17/2009 |
| Patriot Coal Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – Feb. 5, 2009) - Patriot Coal Corporation, one of the largest coal mining companies in the United States, has agreed to pay a $6.5 million civil penalty to settle violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of West Virginia announced today. The settlement includes the third largest penalty ever paid in a federal Clean Water Act case for discharge permit violations. In addition, Patriot has agreed to extensive measures designed to ensure Clean Water Act compliance at its mines in West Virginia. The consent decree includes innovative and heightened operating standards which should serve as a model for the coal mining industry in Central Appalachia. | Consent Decree | 2/5/2009 |
| Citation Oil and Gas Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | (Denver, Colo. -- January 8, 2009) Citation Oil and Gas Corp. will invest approximately $580,000 on new and upgraded spill prevention controls at its Cellers Ranch production field in Johnson County, Wyo., and pay a $280,000 penalty to resolve the government’s claims for violations of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice announced the agreement on January 7 under a consent decree lodged in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. | Consent Decree | 1/8/2009 |
| Explorer Pipeline Company Clean Water Act Settlement | (WASHINGTON— January 8, 2009) The Explorer Pipeline Company has agreed to pay a $3.3 million civil penalty in order to resolve an alleged violation of the Clean Water Act stemming from a July 14, 2007, spill of over 6,500 barrels (approximately 275,000 gallons) of jet fuel from its interstate pipeline at a location near Huntsville, Texas, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 1/8/2009 |
| Savoy Senior Housing Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | Washington, D.C. - Jan. 7, 2009) Five defendants associated with the construction of the Liberty Village housing development in Lynchburg, Va., will pay a $300,000 penalty and fund more than $1 million in stream and wetlands restoration work for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and permit restrictions during construction, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced. | Consent Decree | 1/7/2009 |
| Rapanos Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - Dec. 29, 2008) John A. Rapanos and related defendants have agreed to pay a civil penalty and recreate approximately 100 acres of wetlands and buffer areas to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act at three sites in Midland and Bay counties, Michigan, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 12/29/2008 |
| Plantation Pipe Line Company Clean Water Act Settlement | WASHINGTON—Plantation Pipe Line Company, Alpharetta, Ga., has agreed to pay a civil penalty and implement safeguards in order to resolve a Clean Water Act lawsuit over fuel pipeline spills in three states, the Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state of North Carolina announced. | Consent Decree | 11/5/2008 |
| George H. Johnson Clean Water Act Settlement | An Arizona land developer and a contractor have agreed to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act for bulldozing, filling, and diverting approximately five miles of the Santa Cruz River, a major waterway in Arizona, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 10/7/2008 |
| Magellan Clean Water Settlement | (Kansas City, Kan., June 16, 2008) - Magellan Midstream Partners has agreed to pay $5.3 million in civil penalties for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act related to illegal spills or discharges of petroleum products from its pipeline network at 11 locations in six states over the past 10 years, officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today. "Pipeline owners and operators must take steps to minimize the potential of fuel and oil spills," said Granta Y. Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. "Today's settlement will prevent spills that can pollute our waters and harm sensitive ecosystems." | Consent Decree | 6/16/2008 |
| Home Builders Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON—Four of the nation’s largest home builders have agreed to pay civil penalties totaling $4.3 million to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The companies also have agreed to implement company-wide compliance programs that go beyond current regulatory requirements and put controls in place that will keep 1.2 billion pounds of sediment from polluting our nation’s waterways each ye | 6/11/2008 | |
| Valero Refining-Texas Agrees to Resolve Alleged Violations Over Corpus Christi, Texas Oil Spill | WASHINGTON — Valero Refining-Texas, L.P. has agreed to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act stemming from a spill of 3,400 barrels of oil into the Corpus Christi Ship Channel on June 1, 2006, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The Corpus Christi Ship Channel flows from Tule Lake into Corpus Christi Bay and then into the Gulf of Mexico. It is heavily utilized by barge and commercial ship traffic. | Consent Decree | 6/10/2008 |
| Lexington, Kentucky Clean Water Settlement | The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) in Kentucky has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems, at a cost estimated to exceed $290 million, to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage, and to reduce pollution levels in urban storm water. In addition, LFUCG will pay a civil penalty of $425,000 to the United States and implement two federal and two state environmental projects valued at $2.73 million that will provide additional environmental benefits to the Lexington community. | Consent Decree | 3/14/2008 |
| Home Depot Clean Water Settlement | Washington, D.C. – Feb. 26, 2008) Home Depot has agreed to pay a $1.3 million penalty and implement a nationwide compliance program to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The settlement resolves alleged violations that were discovered at more than 30 construction sites in 28 states where new Home Depot stores were being built. | Consent Decree | 2/26/2008 |
| Massey Energy Company Inc. Clean Water Act Settlement | (Washington, D.C. – January 17, 2008) Massey Energy Company, Inc. has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty in a corporate-wide settlement to resolve Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced. This is the largest civil penalty in EPA’s history levied against a company for wastewater discharge permit violations. | Consent Decree | 1/17/2008 |
| City of San Diego, California Clean Water Act Settlement (PDF) | The city of San Diego will spend approximately $1 billion over the next six years to make improvements to its sewer system under a comprehensive settlement filed today by the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. | Consent Decree | 11/28/2007 |
| The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tenn. Agree to Extensive Sewer System Upgrades | WASHINGTON – The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (Metro), at a cost of between $300 million and $400 million, has agreed to make extensive improvements to its sewer systems to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated raw sewage and to control overflows of combined sewage and storm water under a settlement announced today by the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). | Consent Decree | 10/24/2007 |
| Texas Products Pipeline Company, LLC | (Dallas, Texas – August 16, 2007) TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC and TEPPCO Crude Pipeline, LLC (collectively “TEPPCO”) will pay a $2.865 million penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. | Consent Decree | 8/16/2007 |
| J.H. Berra Construction Company | (Washington--July 12, 2007) Several St. Louis-area developers responsible for polluting streams and lakes with runoff from three construction sites will adhere to a strict compliance program at future construction projects, clean up past pollution, and pay one of the largest environmental penalties of its kind in state history under a consent decree reached with the United States, Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, and the city of Wildwood, Mo. The consent decree, filed today in federal district court in St. Louis, requires J.H. Berra Construction Co. Inc. and several other defendants to pay a civil penalty of $590,000, the largest penalty for a land disturbance case in Missouri. The other defendants in the case include JHB Properties Inc., J.H. Berra Holding Co. Inc., JMB No. 2 LLC, and CMB Rhodes LLC. All are connected to J.H. Berra Construction, one of the largest developers in the St. Louis area. | Consent Decree | 7/12/2007 |
| Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) Settlement | PITTSBURGH (May 31, 2007) -- In a landmark settlement with federal, state, and county authorities, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) has agreed to a comprehensive plan to greatly reduce the annual discharge of billions of gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways. | Consent Decree | 5/31/2007 |
| Kinder Morgan Clean Water Act Settlement | (05/21/07 -- San Francisco) Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, and SFPP LP, have agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million to resolve liability under the Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act, Endangered Species Act, and California’s Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act, for three oil spills in 2004 and 2005. | Consent Decree | 5/21/2007 |
| M.G. Waldbaum Company WIll Pay $1 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations | WASHINGTON – M.G. Waldbaum Company, a subsidiary of Minnesota-based Michael Foods Inc., has agreed to pay a $1.05 million penalty to resolve allegations that the company violated the Clean Water Act. Today's settlement, which is a joint federal-state effort, involves a large egg processing facility and seven associated poultry farms near the City of Wakefield, Neb. The civil penalty will be divided equally between the state and the federal government. | Consent Decree | 1/10/2007 |
| City of Indianapolis Settlement | (Washington, D.C. - November 8, 2010) The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the state of Indiana have reached an agreement with the city of Indianapolis on important modifications to a 2006 consent decree that will make Indianapolis’ sewer system more efficient, leading to major reductions in sewage contaminated water at a savings to the city of approximately $444 million. | Consent Decree | 10/5/2006 |
| Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Settlement | WASHINGTON – The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) entered into an agreement to plead guilty to an indictment charging 15 felony counts of violating the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) through the illegal discharge of pollutants from nine sanitary wastewater treatment plants and five drinking water treatment plants, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 6/22/2006 |
| Hartford Clean Water Settlement | (Hartford, Conn. – May 11, 2006) – A major settlement involving federal and state regulators and the Hartford-based Metropolitan District (MDC) will significantly reduce illegal discharges of raw sewage into the environment throughout the Hartford, Conn. area from the MDC’s wastewater collection system. Reducing discharges of untreated sewage to local rivers and streams will enhance the fishing and contact recreation opportunities in the Connecticut River for area inhabitants, many of whom are historically disadvantaged. | Consent Decree | 5/11/2006 |
| City of Dallas Storm Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The City of Dallas, Texas has reached an agreement with the federal government requiring the City to spend in excess of $3.5 million in a comprehensive effort to decrease the amount of pollution entering the city's stormwater system, the Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 5/10/2006 |
| Idaho Transportation Department Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and contractor Scarsella Brothers, Inc. have agreed to pay $895,000 for violations of the Clean Water Act during the construction of the Bellgrove-Mica realignment of Highway 95 near Lake Coeur d''Alene in Northern Idaho, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. | Consent Decree | 5/3/2006 |
| Pflueger Clean Water Settlement | The EPA has reached a settlement of over $7.5 million with James Pflueger over Clean Water Act violations associated with construction activities on Pflueger's property in Hawaii. This is the largest storm water settlement in the United States for violations at a single site by a single landowner. | Consent Decree | 3/9/2006 |
| City of Nashua, New Hampshire, Combined Sewer Overflow Clean Water Act Settlement | On December 26, 2005, the original Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, put the City of Nashua (the City) on an enforceable schedule to undertake a combined sewer overflow (CSO) program to address its CSOs. The Decree was subsequently amended by an order entered on February 5, 2009. Under the Amended Decree, the City is to complete its CSO program to mitigate overflows from six of the City's eight combined CSO outfalls, and to analyze alternatives for and design and construct CSO controls for the two remaining outfalls. | Consent Decree | 12/26/2005 |
| Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced they have reached a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky. | 10/7/2005 | |
| Hawaii Department of Transportation Clean Water Settlement | HONOLULU - The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Hawaii Department of Health have reached an agreement with the Hawaii Department of Transportation that requires the department to pay a $1 million penalty and spend an estimated $50 million to address Clean Water Act storm water violations at highways and airports in Hawaii. | 10/6/2005 | |
| Baltimore County Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Department of the Environment today announced two major Clean Water Act settlements with Baltimore County and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), that are anticipated to lead to more than $1 billion in sewer system improvements. | Consent Decree | 7/26/2005 |
| Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Clean Water Settlement | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Department of the Environment today announced two major Clean Water Act settlements with Baltimore County and the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), that are anticipated to lead to more than $1 billion in sewer system improvements. | Consent Decree | 7/26/2005 |
| Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District | WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2005) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice and the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet jointly announced a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District. | 4/25/2005 | |
| Tennessee Announce Clean Water Act Agreement with Knoxville Utilities Board | WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation jointly announced today a comprehensive Clean Water Act settlement with the Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB). The settlement will ensure the proper management, operation, and maintenance of KUB's sewer system including measures to prevent overflows of untreated sewage. | 12/1/2004 | |
| Wal-Mart II Storm Water Settlement | On Wednesday, May 12, 2004, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the U.S. Attorney''s office for the District of Delaware and the States of Tennessee, and Utah reached a Clean Water Act settlement for storm water violations at Wal-Mart store construction sites across the country. | 5/12/2004 | |
| Washington D.C. Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) Sewer Overflows Settlement | On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States and a coalition of citizen groups have reached a partial settlement of Clean Water Act litigation against the Washington DC Water and Sewer Authority (WASA), launching an extensive program to reduce illegal discharges of untreated sewage into the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers and Rock Creek. | Consent Decree | 6/25/2003 |
| Colonial Pipeline Company Clean Water Act Settlement | The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced on April 1, 2003, a settlement with Colonial Pipeline, resolving charges that the company violated the Clean Water Act on seven occasions by spilling 1.45 million gallons of oil from its 5,500 mile pipeline in five states. | 4/1/2003 | |
| Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Pollutant Discharge Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement on March 19, 2003, with the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) of charges the company unlawfully discharged untreated sewage into the environment of Puerto Rico and violated pollutant discharge permits issued by EPA under the Clean Water Act. The consent decree was lodged on Thursday, March 13 with the Federal District Court in San Juan. | Consent Decree | 3/13/2003 |
| Olympic Pipeline Company and Shell Pipeline Company fka Equilon Pipeline Company Oil Spill Settlement | The U.S. Justice Department, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), filed a civil settlement on January 17, 2003, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in United States v. Shell Pipeline Co. LP fka Equilon Pipeline Co. LLC and Olympic Pipe Line Co., CV02-1178R. | Consent Decree | 1/17/2003 |
| ExxonMobil Oil Corporation Clean Water Act Settlement | The EPA, the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Game announced a settlement under which Exxonmobil Oil Corporation will pay the U.S. and the State of California $4.7 million in compensation for a spill of crude oil from a pipeline operated by the former Mobil Oil Company. | Consent Decree | 9/24/2002 |
| City of Baltimore, Maryland Sewer Overflow Settlement | The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Maryland on April 26, 2002, announced a joint settlement with the City of Baltimore that addresses continuning hazards posed by hundreds of illegal wastewater discharges of raw sewage from Baltimore's wastewater collection system. | 4/26/2002 | |
| City of Youngstown, Ohio Sewer Overflow Settlement | The Justice Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Ohio announced a settlement with the City of Youngstown on Tuesday, March 5, 2002, that will reduce and perhaps eliminate long-standing and significant raw sewage discharges from its combined sewer system. | Consent Decree | 3/5/2002 |
| Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation Judicial Settlement | A federal district court has ordered Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation to pay the second highest penalty that a judge has awarded to the United States after trial under the Clean Water Act (CWA) since the law was passed in 1972. | 2/19/2002 | |
| City of Anderson, Indiana, Combined Sewer Overflow Clean Water Act Settlement | On February 18, 2002, a Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, and subsequently modified on May 18, 2010. The original Decree put the City of Anderson (the City) on an enforceable schedule to: complete remedial measures by 2009, to address its combined sewer overflows from its sewer system; develop and implement an Emergency Response Plan; to undertake improvements to its Pretreatment Program | Consent Decree | 2/18/2002 |
| City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio Sewer Overflow Settlement | The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency together with the State of Ohio Attorney General and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced a partial settlement with the Board of Commissioners of Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati that will set the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) on a course to eliminate long-standing and significant sewage discharges from the sanitary sewer system. | Consent Decree | 2/15/2002 |
| Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation (Transco) Multimedia Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a settlement with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), under which the company has agreed to test for and cleanup soil and groundwater contamination related to waste disposal at numerous compressor stations along its natural gas pipeline, which traverses 12 states from Texas to New York. In addition, the company will cleanup polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination, complete a storm water monitoring program, conduct storm water sampling at several compressor stations and pay a $1.4 million civil penalty. | Consent Decree | 2/1/2002 |
| City of Mobile, Alabama, Civil Judicial Settlement | The Justice Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Alabama announced on January 24, 2002 a major Clean Water Act settlement involving the Water and Sewer Board of the City of Mobile, AL, for violations of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program. Mobile Bay Watch, Inc., a local citizens' group, is also a party in the settlement. | Consent Decree | 1/24/2002 |
| Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain Company Civil Settlement | On November 19, 2001, the U.S. EPA and the Justice Department announced a civil settlement with the nation's second largest pork producer, Premium Standard Farms (PSF) and Continental Grain Company, Inc. (Continental). | Consent Decree | 11/19/2001 |
| City of Baton Rouge and Baton Rouge Parrish, Louisiana Sewer Overflow Settlement | On Tuesday, November 13, 2001, the United States and the State of Louisiana announced a civil settlement with the City of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The settlement will end years of sewage overflows and long-standing violations of the Clean Water Act. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2001 |
| Monongahela Power Company (dba Allegheny Power Company) Civil Settlement | On November 13, 2001, the U.S. Government settled a federal lawsuit against Monongahela Power Company (doing business as Allegheny Power) for Clean Water Act violations related to a 19,000-gallon oil spill after a 1998 explosion at the company's Belmont substation in Williw Island, Pleasants County, West Virginia. | Consent Decree | 11/13/2001 |
| Iowa Beef Packers (IBP), Inc. Multimedia Settlement | Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. (IBP), the world's largest meatpacker, has agreed to pay the United States $4.1 million in penalties for violating the nation's environmental laws. | Consent Decree | 10/12/2001 |
| Amtrak Water Pollution Settlement | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department on June 28, 2001 announced that Amtrak, the nation's largest passenger rail operator, has signed an agreement to carry out environmental audits at its facilities nationwide and undertake other environmental improvements, including projects to restore wetlands and reduce PCBs in locomotive transformers. The agreement settles claims that Amtrak violated numerous requirements of the Clean Water Act, including its storm water provisions, at nine Amtrak sites in New England. | Consent Decree | 6/28/2001 |
| National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Settleme | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department on June 28, 2001 announced that Amtrak, the nation's largest passenger rail operator, has signed an agreement to carry out environmental audits at its facilities nationwide and undertake other environmental improvements, including projects to restore wetlands and reduce PCBs in locomotive transformers. The agreement settles claims that Amtrak violated numerous requirements of the Clean Water Act, including its storm water provisions, at nine Amtrak sites in New England. | Consent Decree | 6/18/2001 |
| Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Water Pollution Settlement | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., is the first national company that the federal government has taken an enforcemnt action against for multi-state violations of the storm water regulations. Also included in the action are 10 of the store's contractors. | Consent Decree | 6/7/2001 |
| Nucor Corporation, Inc. Multimedia Settlement | Nucor Corporation, Inc. will spend nearly $100 million to settle an environmental suit alleging that it failed to control the amount of pollution released from its steel factories in seven states, under an agreement reached with the Justice Department and EPA. This is the largest and most comprehensive environmental settlement ever with a steel manufacturer. | Consent Decree | 12/19/2000 |
| BP Exploration, Inc. (BPXA) Multimedia Settlement | BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. has pleaded guilty to one felony count related to the illegal disposal of hazardous waste on Alaska's North Slope, and it agreed to spend $22 million to resolve the criminal case and related civil claims. | Complaint | 9/23/1999 |
| City of Atlanta Clean Water Act Settlement | (Thursday, July 29, 1999) The United States and the State of Georgia today reached a settlement with the City of Atlanta to resolve water pollution violations throughout the city’s sanitary sewer system. The agreement filed today in U.S. District Court in Atlanta requires the city to pay a civil penalty of $700,000 and take corrective action to bring its sewer system into compliance with the Clean Water Act and the Georgia Water Quality Control Act. | Consent Decree | 7/16/1999 |
| City of Hammond, Indiana, Combined Sewer Overflow Settlement Water Act Settlement | On June 17, 1999, the original Consent Decree in this matter was entered by the District Court, put the Hammond Sanitary District (HSD) on an enforceable schedule to, among other things, undertake remedial measures by 2010 to address to address its combined sewer overflows and dry weather overflows. | Consent Decree | 6/17/1999 |
| ASARCO, Inc. Mining Corporation Multimedia Settlement | On January 23, 1998, the U.S. EPA announced that it reached a settlement agreement with ASARCO, Inc. that requires the national mining and smelting company to invest over $50 million for environmental cleanup and to correct alleged hazardous waste and water pollution violations at two of it facilities in Montana and Arizona. This agreement also marks the first time that a company has agreed to establish a court-enforced environmental management system (EMS) that is applicable at all of its active facilities nationwide -- 38 operating facilities with over 6,000 employees in seven states. | Consent Decree | 4/15/1999 |