# MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `160`
- **Case Number:** 01-1988-0022
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $300K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONNECTICUT (CWA SECTION 309E), STATE OF (complaint) (settlement)
- CONNECTICUT, TOWN OF MANCHESTER (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE DEFENDANT FILLED APPROXIMATELY 5 ACRES OF WETLANDS IN  MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT SUBJECT TO THE PERMITTING            JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS    ( CORPS ).  IT VIOLATED SECTION 301A OF THE CWA BY           FAILING TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE CORPS AS REQUIRED BY        SECTION 404 OF THE CWA.  THE FILLING TOOK PLACE FROM THE     FALL OF 1987 THROUGH JUNE, 1988, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT AN    ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.                        THE PARTIES HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE AND ARE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING THE TERMS OF A CONSENT DECREE.  THE    AGREEMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:                     A.  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF                                      DEFENDANT WILL REMOVE FILL PLACED ON APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF AN ACRE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACCESS ROAD AND A STRIP ALONG THE    PERIMETER OF THE SITE AND RESTORE SUCH ACRES TO THEIR        ORIGINAL CONDITION.  DEFENDANT WILL NOT BE ORDERED TO REMOVE THE FILL ASSOCIATED WITH THE TREATMENT PLANT CONSTRUCTION,   BUT THE DECREE WILL NOT AFFIRMATIVELY AUTHORIZE THE FILL,    AND NO SECTION 404 PERMIT WILL BE ISSUED.                      B.  CIVIL PENALTY                                          DEFENDANT WILL PAY PENALTY OF $300,000, PAYABLE IN EQUAL     INSTALLMENTS OVER THREE YEARS.                                 C.  CONSTRUCTION GRANT FUNDING                             EPA WILL NOT TERMINATE THE EXISTING FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION     GRANT FOR THE TREATMENT PLANT CONSTRUC

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