# CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL.`
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `155`
- **Case Number:** 01-1988-0017
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $50K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CPJ TRUST (complaint) (settlement)
- GARABEDIAN, PAUL IN HIS CAPICITY AS (complaint) (settlement)
- PAUL GARABEDIAN & SONS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- TRUSTEE OF CPJ TRUST. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS LITIGATION REPORT DISCUSSES THE US EPA, REGION I      REFERRAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OF A CASE TO RESPOND   TO THE ILLEGAL FILLING OF WETLANDS AT THE  STATELINE INDUS-  TRIAL PARK  IN SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS FILLING TOOK PLACE OVER A NINE YEARPERIOD AND DESTROYED APPROXIMATELY 6.7       ACRES OF WETLANDS.  THE LOST WETLANDS WERE IMPORTANT FOR     FLOOD CONTROL, FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, FOOD CHAIN SUPPORT AND POLLUTION FILTRATION.  WETLANDS INCLUDING THOSE FILLED   AT THE SITE WERE PLACED ON THE REGION'S  PRIORITY WETLANDS   LIST IN 1986, BECAUSE OF BOTH THEIR SPECIFIC IMPORTANCE AND  THE ALARMING LOSS OF WETLANDS IN THE REGION SURROUNDING THE  SITE.  THE DEVELOPERS OF THE SITE FAILED TO OBTAIN           NECESSARY PERMITS FROM THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PRIOR  TO CARRYING OUT THE FILLING DESCRIBED ABOVE.  THIS UNPER-    MITTED FILLING SQUARELY VIOLATES THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 USC 1251, ET SEQ.  THE REGION PROPOSES TO ADDRESS THESE VIOLA-   TIONS WITH THIS ACTION.

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