New York Town Settles Government’s 4th Suit Over Discharges From Sewer System

(February 20, 2020, 10:09 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — The village of Northport, N.Y., on Feb. 20 entered into an agreement in federal court in New York to pay the federal government a $125,000 civil penalty, conduct inspections and sampling of its outfalls from its municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) and implement rehabilitation work to eliminate any illicit discharges to resolve the government’s fourth lawsuit accusing the town of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) (United States, et al. v. Northport, N.Y., No. 20-890, E.D. N.Y.)....

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