AppendixA.FacilitiesExceedingTheirCleantWPeartemritAscforatLeast6ofthe12ReportingPeriodsbetween January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005-.-----------------------2-2--------------------------------
AppendixB.AllPennsylvanilaitiFeasciExceedingtheirCleanWtatPeerrAmcitsatLeastOncebetween January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005 -----------------------------------35---------------------------------
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Executive Summary October 18, 2007 marksthaenelCfhtyroersannivae35dnetniwalkramdanlat,AcrteWadetoertsroe ationenaater’swgeiritnfhtytohepnI.stgnissadmaintainthepnanlbidogolalicisyh,lacehcacim Clean Water Act, Congress set the goals of eliminating the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waterways by 1985 and making all U.S. waterways fishable and swimmable by 1983. Although we madesignificantprogressinimprovingwatenrcequtahleitypassisageoftheCleanWaterAct,wearefarfrom realizing the Act’s original vision. UsinginformationprovidedUb.yS.thEenvironmentaoltPerctionAgency(EPA)inresponsetoaFreedomof Information Act request, this report analyzes all malicititheexactojaafredsed their Clean Water Act permitsbetweenJanuary1,2005caenmdbDere31,2005;reveatlsyptheeofpollutantstheyaredischargingintoourwaterways;anddetailsttohewheixcthentthesefacilitiesareexceedingtheirpermitlevels.Morethantwodecadesafterthedrafte1r9s7o2ftClheAct intended for the discharge of allan Water pollutantstobeeliminated,facilitiesacrostsrythceonctoinuunetoviolaltuetipoonllimits,attimesegregiously.Findings include: Thousands of facilities continue to exceed their Clean Water Act permits. Nationally, more than 3600 major facilities (57%) exceeded their Clean Water Act permit limits oncebetweenJanuary1,a2n0d05December31,2005.efotngarofmjaitieacilceedsexiehtgninaelCrAcrteWatreectspgiehehhthtswitateS.s.U01ehTpermit limits at least once anre,MaOhiire,mpshwHatu,tccinoen,oCishcastesu,stodRhIsendlaNe,New York, North Dakota, California, and West Virginia. The 10 U.S. counties with the most faxcirhetngWanleCseitiliideeeleasatceitonAtctareimstpren this period are Harris County, Texas; Los Angeles County, California; Worcester County, Massachu NewHavenCounty,Connecticlcuta;siCeauParish,Louisiana;AllegChoeunyty, Pennsylvania; Hartford County,Connecticut;WillCounty,IllinoisC;oWunatyyn,eMichigan;andErieCounty,NewYork.Thesefacilitiesoftenexceedtheirpermaintsonmcoereantdhformorethanonepollutant.24,40ertahnroetdomeddieprodritusmitepenisehtieitilacedceexsiehtgnitimrepr6300hTerofmja exceedances of their Clean Water Act permitislimnsteaT.stihat many facilities exceeded their permits more than once and for more than one pollutant.
aFacilities are designated as “major based on an EPA scoring system that considers a combination of factors, includ pollutant potential, streamflow volume, public health impacts, and proximity to coastal waters.