4/25/2006 - THIS CASE INVOLVES SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (SSOs), INCLUDING ILLICIT CROSS-CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT'S MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM, AND ITS SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, IN VIOLATION OF (MS4) THE CLEAN WATER ACT. THE CASE ALSO INVOLVES VIOLATIONS OF THE DEFENDANT'S MS4 NDPES PERMIT, AND THE NPDES PERMITS FOR ITS PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTWs) FOR ITS SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
THERE IS ONLY ONE DEFENDANT - THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT (LFUCG), THE MERGED GOVERNMENTS OF THE CITY OF LEXINGTON AND FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
EPA IS SEEKING PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO COMPEL THE DEFENDANT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CWA.
DEFENDANT IS A MUNICIPALITY AND THE SSO AND MS4 ISSUES MAY BE NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT.
1/4/2011 - THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CD ARE TO ELIMINATE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS AND UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES, BY PASSES AND EXCEEDANCES; TO ELIMINATE AND PREVENT CWA PERMIT VIOLATIONS; TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF A STORM WATER QUALITY MGMT PROGRAM THAT REDUCES THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE; AND TO REQUIRE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH LEXINGTON'S MS4 PERMIT. THE CD ALSO REQUIRES LEXINGTON TO IMPLEMENT TO SEPs AND TWO COMMONWEATH PROJECTS (CEPs). THE SEPs INCLUDE A STREAM CORRIDOR RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION PROJECT AND A GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT (TOTALING $1,230,000). THE CEPs INCLUDE ELIMINATION OF THE BLUE SKY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND A FLOODING EV