# ROCHESTER TOPSOIL INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1999 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31706`
- **Case Number:** 05-1999-0381
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRYCE PROW (settlement)
- DON ROW (settlement)
## Summary

MESSERS PROW AND ROCHESTER TOPSOIL INC. ARE ALLEDGED TO HAVE EXCAVATED FIVE (5) NEW AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE DITCHES IN WET- LANDS ADJACENT TO EXISTING DITCH #4 WHICH FLOWS INTO WILLOW  CREEK.  THE LATTER IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE ZUMBRO RIVER AND    THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ALL NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE UNITED    STATES IN VIOLATION OF AN EXISTING PERMIT.  THESE WORKS HAVE DEGRADED APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES OF FEDERALLY PROTECTED WET-  LANDS.                                                       ON AUGUST 23, 1999, U.S. EPA ISSUED A FINDINGS OF VIOLATION  AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS TO  TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE FILLING OF WETLANDS.

---
*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*