# CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH BEND R.R.
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Litigated With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `26846`
- **Case Number:** 05-1988-0141
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $100K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SOUTH BEND R.R. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THE CHICAGO AND SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND RAILROD           ( CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE ) FILLED APPROXIMATELY 1.6 ACRES       OF WETLANDS TO CREATE A LOADING DOCK WITHOUT OBTAINING       A PERMIT.  0.6 ACRES WAS DESIGNATED AS UNSUITABLE FOR        DISPOSAL SITE SPECIFICATION UNDER THE  ADVANCE IDENTI-       FICATION OF DISPOSAL SITES  PROCESS.  THE WETLAND AREA       WHICH CONTAINED RARE SPECIES OF PLANTS AND WAS A VALUABLE    WILDLIFE HABITAT, WAS LISTED AS A  SIGNIFICANT SITE  BY      THE INDIANA DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES.                      USEPA PROPOSES TO ISSUE A 309(A) ORDER REQUIRING CHICAGO     SOUTH SHORE TO SUBMIT AN AFTER-THE-FACT PERMIT APPLICATION   WITH A MITIGATION PLAN AND A 309(G) PROPOSED ORDER ASSIGN-   AN ADMINSTRATIVE PENALTY.                                  -                                                              REGION V IS REFERRING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE A RE-   QUEST TO FILE A PROOF OF CLAIM IN RE:  CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE   AND SOUTH BEND RAILROAD.  THE U.S. EPA WISHES TO PRESERVE    ITS CLAIM AGAINST CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND RAIL-   ROAD FOR CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND INJUNTIVE RELIEF FOR ITS VIOLAITONS OF SECTION 404 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 USC SECTION 1344.

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