# BRIDGEVIEW JOINT VENTURE
> **Judicial** · FY1993 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `28564`
- **Case Number:** 05-1993-1391
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $170K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $180K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRIDGEVIEW ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHP (complaint) (settlement)
- BRIDGEVIEW JOINT VENTURE (complaint) (settlement)
- BRIDGEVIEW SIMON, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- MELVIN SIMON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

I.   SYNOPSIS OF CASE                                            BRIDGEVIEW JOINT VENTURE, BRIDGEVIEW ASSOCIATES LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,                                                 BRIDGEVIEW SIMON, INC.  AND MELVIN SIMON AND ASSOCIATES,     INC.                                                         ( DEFENDANTS ) ARE INDIANA PARTNERSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS     LOCATED                                                      MERCHANTS PLAZA IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.  MELVIN SIMOM AND  ASSOCIATES,                                                  INC. ( MSA ) IS THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WHICH DEVELOPED THE   MALL OF                                                     AMERICA  LOCATED IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, WHICH IS THE     LARGEST                                                      ENCLOSED MALL IN THE UNITED STATES.  IRONICALLY, MSA'S       CHAIRMAN, MELVIN                                             SIMON, WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL WETLANDS POLICY FORUM,   FORMED IN THE                                                SUMMER OF 1987, AT THE REQUEST OF U. S. EPA.  ATTACHMENT 1.  THE FORUM'S                                                  FINAL REPORT ENTITLED, PROTECTING AMERICA'S WETLANDS: AN     ACTION AGENDA,                                               SPAWNED THE OFT CITED GOAL OF   NO OVERALL NET LOSS OF THE   NATION'S                                                     REMAINING WETLANDS BASE;   THE VIOLATIONS IN THIS CASE WERE  CAUSED BY                           

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