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Atlantic City Officials Mismanaged Stormwater System, EPA Says Atlantic City Officials Mismanaged Stormwater System, EPA Says
Atlantic City Officials Mismanaged Stormwater System, EPA Says Atlantic City will pay $80,000 in fines and to make upgrades after federal officials said the city mismanaged its stormwater system. Atlantic City will pay a $20,000 penalty for Clean Water Act violations, the Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The city also agreed to spend $60,000 to make its stormwater infrastructure more resilient to the impacts of climate change. An EPA review found several issues with the sewer system that discharges stormwater into bays and the Atlantic Ocean. "This settlement will lead to less pollution…

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