Rep. Ted Lieu calls for EPA and NOAA investigation into July sewage spill By City News Service El Segundo PUBLISHED 8:00 PM PT Aug. 03, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:00 PM PDT Aug. 03, 2021 SHARE LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Rep. Ted Lieu Tuesday called for an investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration into the 17-million gallon sewage spill into the Pacific Ocean from the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant. What You Need To Know Two Los Angeles City Council members introduced a motion on Wednesday to instruct the city's sanitation department to submit a report on how public notification can be improved The facility's staff followed protocols during the "once in a career" event, and only their extraordinary efforts saved the plant in what the report called a "near miss," a report said