# CALTRANS - GRANITE CONSTRUCTION (APO)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1998 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52944`
- **Case Number:** 09-1998-0067
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $55K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CALTRANS - DISTRICT 7 (complaint) (settlement)
- GRANITE CONSTRUCTION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY ORDER PURSUANT TO          33 USC SEC. 1319(G) ISSUED TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT      OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS) AND TO GRANITE CONSTRUCTION     COMPANY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THEIR CALIFORNIA GENERAL           CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES STORM WATER NPDES PERMIT             (CAS000002). THE COMPLAINT SEEKS PAYMENT OF $55,000          IN ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES. THIS PENALTY FIGURE WAS         AGREED UPON IN ADVANCE OF THE FILING OF THIS COMPLAINT       DURING PRE-FILING SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS.                   CALTRANS AND ITS CONTACTOR (GRANITE CONSTRUCTION)            VIOLATED THE STATEWIDE GENERAL STORMWATER PERMIT             DURING THE COURSE OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TO WIDEN         HIGHWAY 126 NEAR SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA.

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