GSP Merrimack L.L.C. owns and operates Merrimack Station, a coal-fired, steamelectric power plant located in Bow, New Hampshire. In May 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 (“Region”) reissued a final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit to GSP Merrimack, pursuant to section 402 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342, authorizing it to continue withdrawing cooling water from and discharging pollutants, including heated wastewater, to the Merrimack River.

The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission (“Commission”) owns and operates the Springfield Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (“Facility”) and combined sewer collection system in and around Agawam, Massachusetts. On September 30, 2020, Region 1 (“Region”) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “Agency”) issued a final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit to the Commission and six co-permittees, pursuant to Clean Water Act § 402, 33 U.S.C.

On November 3, 2020, Mr. Dave Erlanson, Sr. (“Respondent”) appealed from Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Christine Donelian Coughlin’s Initial Decision and Order assessing a $6,600 penalty for discharging a pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, the South Fork Clearwater River in Idaho, in violation of Clean Water Act (“CWA”) section 301(a), 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a). In an earlier Accelerated Decision on liability, issued in September 2018, the ALJ found Respondent liable for the alleged violation. Respondent filed an appeal with the Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”).

VSS International, Inc. (“VSS”) appeals from Chief Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Susan L. Biro’s Initial Decision and Order assessing an administrative civil penalty against VSS for violations of the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations implementing Clean Water Act § 311, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1321. The violations occurred at VSS’s asphalt emulsion storage facility in West Sacramento, California.

The City and County of San Francisco (“San Francisco”) petitioned the Environmental Appeals Board to review U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) Region 9 (“Region”) authorization to discharge under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permitting program of the Clean Water Act.

Diné Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, San Juan Citizens Alliance, Amigos Bravos, Center for Biological Diversity, and Sierra Club (collectively, “Petitioners”) filed a petition with the Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) seeking review on several grounds of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit renewal issued by Region 9 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”).

The City of Lowell, Massachusetts (“City”) petitioned the Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) to review a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit that the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 1 (“Region”) issued to the City pursuant to the Clean Water Act. The permit authorizes the City to discharge wastewater effluent from its regional wastewater treatment facility and several combined sewer overflow outfalls into the Merrimack River and two nearby tributaries. The permit on which the City seeks review is a renewal of a permit issued in 2005.

The Incorporated County of Los Alamos, New Mexico (“County”), filed a petition for review (“Petition”) with the Environmental Appeals Board (“Board”) under 40 C.F.R. § 124.19. The Petition seeks Board review of a designation decision by U.S. EPA Region 6 (“Region”) pursuant to section 402(p)(2)(E) of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1342(p)(2)(E), and 40 C.F.R.

The Idaho Conservation League (“League”) has petitioned for review of the effluent discharge limits in a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, to the City of Sandpoint, Idaho, for Sandpoint’s wastewater treatment facility. In its petition, the League objects to the size of the mixing zones used to set the effluent limits for phosphorus discharges in the City of Sandpoint’s permit.