WHITE PLAINS – The United States government and the State of New York have entered into a civil consent decree with Mount Vernon to resolve ongoing litigation regarding that city’s non-compliance with Clean Water Act requirements for municipal storm sewers, which has caused raw sewage to be discharged into the Bronx and Hutchinson rivers.
In June 2018, the US government sued Mount Vernon, alleging that since at least 2012, the city had failed to comply with permit obligations, and as a result, had allowed raw sewage to flow into its storm sewer system and then be discharged into those two rivers.
The complaint also alleges the city had failed to comply with two EPA administrative orders issued to compel Mount Vernon’s adherence to those requirements.
The consent decree requires, among other things, for the city to perform sewer system repairs that are estimated to cost over $100 million.
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