# COPENHAGEN
> **Judicial** · FY1990 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3900`
- **Case Number:** 02-1990-0175
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $5K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COPENHAGEN, PAUL (complaint) (settlement)
- US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
- US EPA
## Summary

REQUEST FOR CIVIL LITIGATION/COUNTERCLAIM IN THE CIVIL     ACTION BROUGHT BY MR. PAUL H. COPEHAGEN ON JULY 20,1990.     *                                                              COPENHAGEN IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO HAS PLACED UNPERMITTED FILL IN LAKE ONTARIO, A WATER OF THE U.S., IN VIOLATION OF   SECTION 301 OF THE CWA.  IN HIS ACTION, HE SEEKS TO HAVE THE COURT EITHER DIRECT THAT PERMITS BE ISSUED FOR THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE AND SEEKS TO DO, OR DECLARE THAT NO PERMITS ARE  REQUIRED FOR THE WORK.                                       *                                                              COPENHAGEN HAS VIOLATED THE CWA THROUGH HIS UNPERMITTED    PLACEMENT OF METAL STRUCTURES AND FILL IN LAKE ONTARIO, A    WATER OF THE UNITED STATES.                                  *                                                            PROPOSED RELIEF:  A JUDICIAL ORDER DIRECTING COPENHAGEN TO   REMOVE THE ILLEGALLY PLACED FILL.  THE IMPOSITION OF A CIVIL PENALTY.                                                     *                                                              US EPA REGION II ISSUED A FINDINGS OF VIOLATION AND ORDER  ON JUNE 25, 1990.                                            *                                                              THIS CASE IS IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT OF REGIONAL ENFORCE- MENT EFFORTS, TO ESTABLISH A STRONG ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN  ORDER TO CURTAIL ILLEGAL FILL ACTION BY INDIVIDUAL           VIOLATERS.                            

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