EPA v. PEACE RIVER PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLC

Case summary

9/30/2013 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. ORDER STATES: AT NOT TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM MARCH 11, 2004, TO PRESENT, DID THE RESPODNET POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CWA, AUTHORIZING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL BY RESPONDENT. EACH DISCHARGE BY THE RESPONDENT OF POLLUTANTS INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PERMIT ISSUED UNDER 404 OF THE CWA, 33 SECTION 1344, IS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(a) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1311(a). EACH DAY THE MATERIAL DISCHARGED BY THE RESPONDENT REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PERMIT UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1344, CONSTITUTES A DAY OF VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1311. THEREFORE, RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED SECTION 301 OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1311, BY DISCHARGING POLLUTANTS INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHOUT A PERMIT.

Defendants (1)

• PEACE RIVER PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WETLANDS

  HIGHWAY 17, CLEVELAND, FL, 33982

  Registry ID: 110039157364

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PEACE RIVER PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, LLCentered 2013-09-30

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2013-09-30Final Order Issued
• 2013-09-30Enforcement Action Data Entered