# BRICKS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `32159`
- **Case Number:** 05-2000-0106
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRICKS, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

BRICKS, INC. OWNS PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE GATEWAY COMMERCIAL   SITE IN AURORA, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS (SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP   38 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST).  THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF I-88  AND WEST OF ORCHARD ROAD.  IT EXTENDS TO THE WEST PAST DEER  PATH ROAD.  A SMALL PORTION OF THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED      SOUTH OF 1-88 BETWEEN ORCHARD AND DEERPATH ROADS.  THE PRO-  POSED DEVELOPMENT RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROJECT IS    LOCATED NORTH OF 1-88, BETWEEN ORCHARD AND DEERPATH ROADS    (THE SITE).                                                    BRICKS PLANS ON CONSTRUCTING A SITE ACCESS ROAD, TWO HOTEL S, TWO COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, AND ASSOCIATED DETENTION       BASINS ON THE SITE.  A DRAINAGE WAY THAT IS PART OF THE LAKE BRANCH OF THE BLACKBERRY CREEK WATERSHED TRAVERSES THE SITE, RUNNING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.  THE WETLANDS ON SITE ARE ADJA- CENT TO THIS DRAINAGE WAY AND SOME OF THEM HAVE FARMED.      HYDROLOGY IS MAINTAINED VIA SURFACE RUNOFF.  THE WETLANDS    ARE A PART OF A LARGER WETLAND COMPLEX LOCATED SOUTH OF I-88 THESE WETLANDS ARE NOT HIGH QUALITY IN TERMS OF FLORISTIC    DIVERSITY, BUT REMAIN IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THEIR FUNCTIONAL  VALUE FOR FLOOD STORAGE.  THIS WATERSHED HAS ENDURED SEVERE  FLOODING IN THE PAST THAT HAS THREATENED HUMAN HEALTH AND    SAFETY, AND CAUSED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES.             ON JULY 21, 1999, ENCAP, INC., ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   AND PLANNERS, SUBMITTED A PRECONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION (PCN) ON BEHALF OF BRICKS, INC. TO THE U.S

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