EPA v. EARTH IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING, INC.
Case summary
1. VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO THE EPA'S POLICY GUID- ANCE, INCENTIVES FOR SELF-POLICING: DISCOVERY, DISCLOS- URE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLATION. 2. EARTH IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING, INC. 6001 N. 10TH MCALLEN, HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS 78504 3. RESPONDENT, UNDER THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, DISCLOSED A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301 OF THE CWA BY FAILING TO PREPARE A STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN, SUBMIT A NOTICE OF INTENT, AND PERFORM RELATED INSPECTIONS ANS RECORD- KEEPING ACTIVITIES. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY, EPA WILL REVIEW THE RESPONDENT'S DISCLOSURE, CORRECTION AND PREVENTION OF RECURRENCE, AND PAST HISTORY, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO THE RESPONDENT'S QUALIFICATION TO THE SELF-POLICING POLICY AND IF EPA WILL SEEK GRAVITY-BASED PENALTIES OR NOT.
Defendants (1)
- EARTH IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING, INC.
Facilities (1)
EARTH IRRIGATION AND LANDSCAPING, INC.
6001 N 10TH, MC ALLEN, TX, 78504
Registry ID: 110012284786
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 2002-04-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2002-04-25Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 42098
- Case number
- 06-2002-4142
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- 6RC-E
- EPA region
- 06
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- Yes
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 06-2002-4142 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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