# VAIL RESORTS, INC.
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `51407`
- **Case Number:** 08-2000-0005
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $100K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- VAIL ASSOCIATES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- VAIL RESORTS, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

BETWEEN 10/98 AND 7/99, RESPONDENTS AND/OR THEIR AGENTS AND  CONTRACTORS DISCHARGED DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL INTO        WETLANDS IN THE LIME CREEK WATERSHED IN EAGLE COUNTY, TO     CONSTRUCT A TEMPORARY TIMBER ACCESS AND TIMBER HAULING ROAD  CONNECTING THE VAIL SKI AREA'S CATEGORY III EXPANSION AREA   TO THE LIME CREEK ROAD.  EPA AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS      HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE DISCHARGES WERE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT THE REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CORPS.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THIS ORDER ARE REMEDIAL, NOT PUNITIVE AND    ARE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE CWA'S OBJECTIVES.  THE REMOVAL, RESTORATION AND STABILIZATION REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER IS      NECESSARY TO RETURN THE WETLANDS TO THEIR ORIGINAL FUNCTION.

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