MSD Consent Decree on Sanitary Sewer Overflows

On February 15, 2002, the U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. EPA and Ohio EPA, and with the approval of the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners and the City of Cincinnati, lodged an Interim Partial Consent Decree on Sanitary Sewer Overflows with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western Division.

Documents related to the Interim Partial Consent Decree on SSOs (see 'Downloads' at right) have been converted into Adobe Acrobat® format for ease of use. You must have Acrobat® Reader 5.0 (or higher) installed to read this file. A link to the Acrobat® Reader download may be found in the areas listed under '3rd Party Downloads' at right.

The consent decree documents can be downloaded or read online. There are also 10 exhibit attachments to the consent decree. These exhibits describe various MSD divisions' operating plans, consent decree action plans, as well as some definitions in the decree. Please note:

• Some documents are quite large, so downloads may take some time if you do not have a fast connection.
• When downloading, try to save all files to a single directory of your choice. This will enable links between documents to function properly