Tennessee City Sued Over Pollutant Discharge in Cumberland River

Tennessee Riverkeeper Inc. sued the city of Celina alleging it violated federal law by discharging pollutants from its sewage treatment plant into the Cumberland River.

The city allegedly discharged pollutants in excess of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit limits on at least 499 occasions and violated its permit by allowing 50 overflows from its sewage collection system since January 2020, the nonprofit said in a lawsuit docketed Monday in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Celina’s actions allegedly violate Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1311, as well as Tennessee’s rules ...