Onondaga County could face penalties for 18-million-gallon sewage spill into lake

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Onondaga County could face penalties for the 18 million gallons of sewage that flowed into Onondaga Lake in the past two weeks due to a broken pipe and its repair.

The regional director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said he's waiting for a report from the county before making any decisions.

"We will assess once we have that data in hand whether or not there will be penalties," said Matt Marko, who took over as regional director the week before the Oct. 21 sewage spill. "We need to get the information on how long and how many gallons, and they need to go back to the drawing board and calculate that stuff."

Marko said the county had no deadline for the report, but that he would "press the county to get it to us as quickly as possible."

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