County of Suffolk v. United States

OPINION

ANDEWELT, Judge.

I

This action involves two related federal grant agreements between plaintiff, County of Suffolk, New York (Suffolk), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), entered pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. The grants cover the design and construction of a public waste water treatment facility known as the Suffolk County Southwest Sewer District No. 3. In its complaint, plaintiff seeks reimbursement of certain construction costs the EPA refused to reimburse on the ground that the costs were not “allowable” under the…