EPA v. PUERTO RICO LAND AUTHORITY
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Compliance action
$725,000
Case summary
****** VIOLATOR, A GOVERNMENT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FAILED TO PREVENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 14.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS ON ITS PROPERTY BY TRESPASSING HOMEBUILDERS. VIOLATORS MUST COMPENSATE BY CREATING OR RESTORING 29 ACRES OF REPLACEMENT WETLANDS. COST OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IS ROUGHLY ESTIMATED AT $25,000 PER ACRE.
Defendants (1)
- P.R. LAND AUTHORITY (FINCA PALMAREJO)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
PUERTO RICO LAND AUTH
SAN ISIDRO WARD, CANOVANAS, PR, 00729
Registry ID: 110012285696
Statutes cited
- CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Enforcement conclusions (1)
PUERTO RICO LAND AUTHORITY (FINCA PALMAREJO)entered 2002-03-13
Primary law: CWA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2002-03-13Final Order Issued
- 2002-03-13Enforcement Action Closed
- 2002-03-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 8817
- Case number
- 02-2002-3502
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- WGL
- EPA region
- 02
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 02-2002-3502 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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