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Bristol, RI: (Mar-12-08) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against the Town of Bristol, RI alleging that it violated the federal Clean Water Act related to its sewage overflow. The suit stated that the sewage problem in the town was a long standing one, and that major repairs since the mid-1980's have addressed many of the causes of town's overflow problem, though the issue has not been completely resolved. The State Department of Environmental Management has been working with the town to remove extraneous sources of infiltration and inflow from its collection system. The repairs have allegedly cost the town over $30 million since 1983.
In a recent development in the case, a settlement has been reached by the parties, in which the Town of Bristol has agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to settle Clean Water charges related to its sewage overflow issues. Additionally, the town also has agreed to take steps to further address the problems, and will spend another $62,800 to clean up storm-water runoff from the Town Beach parking lot. Town officials said that the money for the civil fine and the supplemental environmental project at the Town Beach will come from a special fund that the town instituted in 2004 for the Wastewater Division, and will not be paid for by taxes, or sewer user fees, or impact the average taxpayer in any way. [PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS: BRISTOL TO PAY $75,000 CLEAN WATER SETTLEMENT]
Published on Mar-13-08
In a recent development in the case, a settlement has been reached by the parties, in which the Town of Bristol has agreed to pay a $75,000 civil penalty to settle Clean Water charges related to its sewage overflow issues. Additionally, the town also has agreed to take steps to further address the problems, and will spend another $62,800 to clean up storm-water runoff from the Town Beach parking lot. Town officials said that the money for the civil fine and the supplemental environmental project at the Town Beach will come from a special fund that the town instituted in 2004 for the Wastewater Division, and will not be paid for by taxes, or sewer user fees, or impact the average taxpayer in any way. [
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