EPA Reaches Settlement with Ashtabula, Ohio Company for Alleged Clean Water Act Violations

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC of Ashtabula, Ohio to resolve alleged violations of its Clean Water Act permit limits for pollutant discharges. Pollutants including chlorine, mercury and E. coli were discharged into the Diamond Shamrock tributary which flows to Fields Brook and the Ashtabula River. In June 2021, EPA issued an administrative order requiring the facility to upgrade wastewater treatment equipment and improve cl...