EPA v. ROYCE LEWIS AND LONE STAR DIRT AND PAVING

Case summary

1. SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ) 33 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1318(A) AND 1319(A). 2. ROYCE LEWIS, AN INDIVIDUAL LONE STAR DIRT AND PAVING, A TEXAS CORPORATION FACILITY: LEWIS ESTATES INTERSECTION OF 19TH STREET AND ABERDEEN AVENUE LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS 79407 3. RESPONDENTS WERE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY EACH DAY RESPONDENTS CONDUCTED THE RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AND OPERATED THE FACILITY WITHOUT NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 308(A) AND 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT ORDERED THE RESPONDENTS: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, OBTAIN NPDES PERMIT COVERAGE, SUBMITTING A COPY OF THE APPLICATIONS, CONFIRMATIONS OF COVERAGE AND THE PERMIT NUMBERS TO EPA; B) WITHIN 30 DAYS, TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO CORRECT THE DEFICIENCIES AND ELIMINATE AND PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED AND TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE; C) WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT DETAILING THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TAKEN AND EXPLAIN HOW THE ACTIONS WILL PREVENT RECURRENCE; D) IF NOT POSSIBLE TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS IN 30 DAYS, WITHIN 30 DAYS, SUBMIT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO DO SO IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME; E) PROVIDE A LIST OF ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN A PARTY SINCE JAN. 1, 2001; AND F) WITHIN 45 DAYS, AR- RANGE TO MEET WITH EPA AND SHOW CAUSE.

Defendants (2)

• LONE STAR DIRT AND PAVINGNamed in settlement
• ROYCE LEWISNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LEWIS ESTATES

  INTX OF 19TH ST AND ABERDEEN AVE, LUBBOCK, TX, 79407

  Registry ID: 110013724381

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• ROYCE LEWIS AND LONE STAR DIRT AND PAVINGentered 2002-06-12

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2002-06-12Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2002-06-12Final Order Issued
• 2002-06-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2009-07-01Enforcement Action Closed