# WATERBURY TOWN OF (CT)
> **Judicial** · FY1997 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `753`
- **Case Number:** 01-1997-0199
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** Y
## Defendants
- WATERBURY TOWN OF (CT) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS ACTION AGAINST THE CITY OF WATERBURY, CT INVOLVES    VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 301 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C.  SECTION 1311, SECTION 608 OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, 42 U.S.C.    SECTION 7671, AND EPA'S STRATOSPHERIC OZONE PROTECTION       REGULATIONS.                                                    THE CLEAN WATER ACT CASE INVOLVES UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES FOR THE CITY'S SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM. ON AT LEAST 57      OCCASIONS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE CITY'S COLLECTION      SYSTEM HAS OVERFLOWED INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS. MOST OF THESE   EVENTS OCURRED BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE COLLECTION SYSTEM       MAINTENANCE BY THE CITY. THE CIY ALSO FAILED TO REPORT       SEVERAL OF THESE INCIDENTS WITHIN THE 72 HOUR PERIOD         REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE          ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT.                                      THE CLEAN AIR ACT CASE ARISES FROM THE CITY'S IMPROPER    DISPOSAL OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES CONTAINING OZONE-DAMAGING   REFRIGERANTS. THE CITY HAS COLLECTED REFRIGERATORS AND AIR   CONDITIONERS FROM CITY RESIDENTS AND CRUSHED THESE           APPLICANCES WITHOUT RECOVERING THE REFRIGERANTS. AS A RESULT REFRIGERANTS HAVE BEEN RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE IN       VIOLATION OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT AND EPA'S STRATOSPHERIC OZONE PROTECTION REGULATIONS.

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