CWA-09-2022-0007: Edward Lynn Brown, Merced, CA; Proposed Settlement of CWA Section 309(g) Class II Administrative Penalty
Complaint/Consent Agreement and [Proposed] Final Order in the matter of In the Matter of Edward Lynn Brown, Merced, California. EPA Docket Number CWA-09-2022-0007.
Complainant: Amy Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Respondent: Edward Lynn Brown, Merced, California
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Earthmoving activities from 2016 to 2020 involved building a retention basin, access roads, and planting a new almond orchard.
Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondents discharged dredged and fill materials into waters of the United States without obtaining a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Proposed Penalty: $212,000.
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