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Public Notice: GBC Metals, LLC, d/b/a Somers Thin Strip Brass Group, CWA-01-2019-0009

How to Comment

Comments due date: 06/21/2019

Contact:

Wanda Santiago (santiago.wanda@epa.gov)
Regional Hearing Clerk
U.S. EPA, Region 1
5 Post Office Square, Suite 100
Mail Code: 04-6
Boston, MA 02109-3912
(617) 918-1113

Summary

GBC Metals, LLC, d.b.a. Somers Thin Strip has discharged, without authorization of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, untreated or partially treated wastewater from its facility at 215 Piedmont Street, Waterbury, Connecticut to the Naugatuck River on at least four occasions from February 17, 2015 through June 11, 2017 in violation of Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a).

​Program/Statute: Clean Water Act (CWA)

Respondent(s):
GBC Metals, LLC, d/b/a Somers Thin Strip Brass Group
42 North Shamrock
East Alton, IL 62024-1174

Proposed action: Proposed CWA Class I administrative penalty order

Docket ID: CWA-01-2019-0009

  • GBC Metals, LLC, d/b/a Somers Thin Strip Brass Group, Waterbury, CT Public Notice (pdf) (134.25 KB)
    Notice of Proposed Assessment of Class I Civil Penalty under Section 309(g)(2)(A) of the Clean Water Act and Opportunity to Comment
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