# BRANFORD TOWN OF
> **Judicial** · FY2001 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `1627`
- **Case Number:** 01-2001-0181
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRANFORD TOWN OF (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BRANFORD DISCHARGES WASTEWATER TO BRANFORD HARBOR, A      HARBOR ON LONG ISLAND SOUND, PURSUANT TO A NATIONAL          POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT        AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT. FOR NEARLY A DECADE,   THE TOWN HAS STUDIED AND TAKEN SOME STEPS TO IMPROVE THE     OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ITS SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM.   THE TOWN'S EFFORTS HAVE BEEN LARGELY UNSUCCESSFUL. AS A RESULT, NUMEROUS OVERFLOWS OF SEWAGE INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.  THESE OVERFLOWS    CONSTITUTE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES WHICH ARE PROHIBITED BY THE CLEAN WATER ACT.

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