# Town of Brookhaven et al.
> **Judicial** · FY2015 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3600164543`
- **Case Number:** 02-2015-0008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- Town of Brookhaven (complaint) (settlement)
- Wehran Energy Corp.
## Summary

On December 29, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York approved the consent judgment between EPA and the Defendant, resolving Clean Air Act claims concerning the Brookhaven Landfill. The consent judgment resolves EPA?s allegations that: (1) the Town violated EPA?s ?Landfill NSPS? and ?Landfill MACT? regulations by failing to: (i) re-monitor methane leaks after repair; (ii) conduct required performance testing using required methods; (iii) monitor temperature, oxygen levels, and gauge pressure at certain wells; (iv) maintain required records; (v) install a gas flow monitoring device and monitor it; (vi) operate the gas collection and control system (GCCS) during the Landfill's expansion; (vii) submit annual reports to EPA; and (viii) operate interior wellheads in the GCCS; and (2) the Town violated its CAA Title V permit by failing to submit accurate annual compliance certifications as specified in the permit and failing to operate and maintain certain emission control equipment. Under the consent judgment, the Town will pay a civil penalty of $249,166 and is required to maintain and operate the Landfill and all associated air pollution control equipment in accordance with applicable CAA requirements, including continuing to operate and expand a GCCS for the entire Landfill, continuously operating a treatment system to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas, installing and operating a continuous H2S process/fuel gas monitoring system, completing the inst

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