Ahearn v. Charter Township of Bloomfield

OPINION AND ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

Charter Township of Bloomfield (“Bloomfield Township” or “Township”), along with the Oakland County Drain Commissioner, the City of Birmingham, and the City of Bloomfield Hills, is required, pursuant to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) Permit Number MI0048046, authorized under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., to abate pollution of the Rouge River. Presently, sanitary sewage and storm water, combined in older sewer lines within the Township, overflow into the river during times of heavy precipitation.…