EPA v. CALTRANS - ROUTE 56 PROJECT
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
THIS IS AN CLASS II APO PURSUANT TO CWA 309(G)(2) AGAINST CALTRANS DIST. 11 FOR NPDES CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER PERMIT VIOLATIONS AT THE STATE ROUTE 56 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LOCATED IN POWAY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA. EPA INSPECTORS HAD MADE SEVERAL INSPECITONS OF THIS PROJECT AND PLACED CALTRAN ON NOTICE OF OUR CONCERNS. ON 1/11/01 DURING A RAIN EVENT, EPA INSPECTOR NOTED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SEDIMENT BEING DISCHARGED TO LOS PENASQUITOS CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO LOS PENASQUITOS LAGOON, WHICH IS LISTED BY THE STATE OF CAL AS BEING WATER QUALITY IMPAIRED DUE TO SEDIMENTATION/ TURBIDITY.
Defendants (1)
- CALTRANS DISTRICT 11 - ST RTE 56 PROJECTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CALTRANS STATE RTE 56 CONST PROJECT
STATE RT 56, POWAY, CA, 92064
Registry ID: 110010679266
Statutes cited
- CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Enforcement conclusions (1)
CALTRANS - ROUTE 56 Consent Agreemententered 2001-09-06
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $137,500
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2001-09-06Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2001-09-06Final Order Issued
- 2001-09-06Enforcement Action Closed
- 2001-10-05Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 53824
- Case number
- 09-2001-0117
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- ATWGL
- EPA region
- 09
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- NPDES Discharge without a Permit
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2001-0117 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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