# COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52663`
- **Case Number:** 09-1996-0045
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $240K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY (settlement)
## Summary

BEGINNING IN THE SPRING OF 1995 AND CONTINUING TO THE      PRESENT, SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY HAS BEEN PERFORMING          SUBSTANTIAL ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR WORK AT WELL OVER 200     SITES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.  ROAD AND BRIDGE         WORK AT ABOUT 104 OF THESE SITES INVOLVED DISCHARGE OF FILL  MATERIAL TO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.  THE COUNTY HAS     LACKED CWA SECTION 404 PERMITS FOR THIS WORK.  ACCORDINGLY,  THESE FILL DISCHARGES VIOLATED CWA SECTION 301(A), WHICH     PROHIBITS THE DISCHARGE OF FILL TO WATERS OF THE UNITED      STATES EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY A SECTION 404 PERMIT.

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