Public Notice: Proposed penalty of $49,500 against the City of Scranton, PA

Summary

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), Region 3, is hereby giving notice that it proposes to enter into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”), which commences and concludes an administrative action against the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania, (the “City”) owner and operator of a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) located within the City (the “MS4”), in order to settle alleged violations of the Clean Water Act relating to the City’s operation of the MS4.

The CAFO assesses an administrative penalty in the amount of Forty-Nine Thousand Five-Hundred Dollars ($49,500.00) (the “Assessed Civil Penalty”), pursuant to Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g) for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.  The Assessed Civil Penalty was calculated in accordance with: the EPA’s Interim Clean Water Act Settlement Penalty Policy, dated March 1, 1995; the statutory penalty criteria and factors set forth in Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g); and, the appropriate Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation, pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 19.

Applicants or Respondents

Docket Numbers

• CWA-03-2026-0073

Related Documents

• Public Notice (pdf) (241.96 KB)
  In accordance with Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), and 40 C.F.R. § 22.45, notice is hereby given that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 (the EPA Mid-Atlantic Region) is proposing to file a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CAFO) assessing an administrative civil penalty in the amount of forty-nine thousand five-hundred dollars ($49,500.00) against the Respondent named below for alleged violations of the CWA relating to the below identified facility.