7/2/19 On July 2, 2019, Region 1 initiated and finalized a settlement with GBC Metals, LLC, d/b/a Somers Thin Strip Brass Group where the company has agreed to pay a $11,796 penalty for past violations and to take certain actions designed to minimize the re-occurrence of future unauthorized discharges in accordance with an administrative order issued by EPA on April 18, 2019. Somers Thin Strip Brass discharged untreated or partially treated wastewater via an outfall of the City of Waterbury, Connecticut's municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) to the Naugatuck River without authorization of an NPDES permit.