A Danbury manufacturing company has agreed to pay a settlement to the Environmental Protection Agency after chemicals were discharged into the Sympaug Brook.  Emhart Teknologies will pay a fine of more than $29,600 for allegedly allowing coolant from cutting tools to be discharged into the water. 

The EPA says this incident and the enforcement action serves as a reminder to companies about the importance of evaluating sources of potential spills at their facilities and having adequate prevention measures in place.

Regulators allege that Emhart pumped about 1800 gallons of used coolant from a storage tank into storm basins. About 630 gallons of diluted coolant made it into the stream. 

The EPA says the coolant contained oil and toxic metals from brass machining work, and created a fish kill from where the discharge entered the brook to Still River.