CWA-09-2024-0079: Consent Agreement and (Proposed) Final Order; Paramount Builders Inc., Pago Pago, AS

Proposed administrative penalty settlement with Paramount Builders Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of American Samoa and based in Pago Pago, American Samoa for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2024-0079.

Complainant: Amy Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105

Respondent: Paramount Builders Inc., Pago Pago, American Samoa

Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Paramount Builders Inc. is a general contractor primarily engaged in construction (including new work, additions, alterations, remodeling, and repair) of residential buildings other than single-family houses.

Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondent discharged fill material into waters of the United States without obtaining authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under CWA Section 404, 33 U.S.C. § 1344.

Proposed Penalty: $50,000.

• Complaint, Consent Agreement and Final Order: Paramount Builders Inc., Island of Tutuila, American Samoa (pdf) (297.54 KB, August 29, 2024)
  Complaint, Consent Agreement and Final Order in the matter of Paramount Builders Inc., Island of Tutuila, American Samoa, a Class II Administrative Penalty Proceeding under Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), and 40 C.F.R. §§ 22.13(b) and 22.18. EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2024-0079.