EPA v. SKYLAND HOLDINGS, LLC; LIDI US CORPORATION, LLC AND TEEL CONSTRUCTION (SKYLAND HOLDINGS DEVELOPMENT)

Case summary

On January 21, 2025, Region 3 entered into a Consent Agreement and Final Order with three operators at an 18-acre mixed development site in southeast Washington, D.C.: Skyland Holdings, LLC ( Skyland ), Lidl US Operations, LLC ( Lidl ) and Teel Construction, Inc. ( Teel ) for unpermitted construction stormwater discharges. The Skyland Holdings construction site is located at 2626 Naylors Road SE, Washington, DC, 20020. From at least March 24, 2022, until August 18, 2022, none of the operators had coverage under the NPDES Construction General Permit for construction activities while Teel built the Lidl grocery store on the site. The construction of the grocery store was part of a Common Plan of Development as defined in Appendix A of the 2022 NPDES Construction Stormwater Permit ( CGP ). The Consent Agreement requires the Respondents to pay a total civil penalty of $39,500.01, with each party paying a third of the penalty ($13,166.67 each). The DC Department of Energy & Environment is being kept informed of this enforcement matter.

Defendants (3)

• TEEL CONSTRUCTIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• LIDI US CORPORATION, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• SKYLAND HOLDINGS, LLCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• SKYLAND HOLDINGS DEVELOPMENT

  2626 NAYLOR ROAD, SE, WASHINGTON, DC, 20020

  Registry ID: 110070063686

• SKYLAND

  2626 NAYLOR ROAD, SE, WASHINGTON, DC, 20020

  Registry ID: 110070063686

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SKYLAND HOLDINGS, LLC; LIDI US CORPORATION, LLC AND TEEL CONSTRUCTION (SKYLAND HOLDINGS DEVELOPMENT)entered 2025-01-21

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $39,500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2025-01-21Final Order Issued
• 2025-01-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2025-01-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2025-02-24Enforcement Action Closed