CWA-09-2023-0008: Justin Jenson, Red Bluff, CA
Complainant: Amy Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Respondent: Justin Jenson, Red Bluff, California
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondents: From November 5, 2021 to November 12, 2021, the Respondent, an owner of a residential lot in Red Bluff, California, conducted bank stabilization activities along the shoreline below the ordinary high water mark, impacting 90 linear feet of the Sacramento River without a CWA Section 404 permit.
Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondents discharged fill materials into waters of the United States without obtaining a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Proposed Penalty: $33,000.