District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a lawsuit against Washington, D.C.-based Fort Myer Construction Co. that alleges the road paving and infrastructure contractor contaminated the city stormwater system with runoff from an equipment yard.

The Oct. 17 suit in D.C. Superior Court alleges that the firm—described by the Washington Post as a preferred contractor by the city that has been awarded tens of millions worth of contracts—violated the Washington, D.C's Water Pollution Control Act by consistently allowing petroleum-contaminated runoff from its storage and maintenance yard to illegally discharge into stormwater sewers as far back as 2015. The city Dept. of Energy and the Environment issued multiple infractions and warnings during the next eight years as well as directive orders for the firm to apply for the required federal permit to discharge, according to Schwalb.