# ORTEGA ROCK QUARRY
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53690`
- **Case Number:** 09-2000-0422
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $45K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JOHN SCHMUTZ (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS AO PURSUANT TO SECTION 404 OF THE CWA IS ISSUED TO      ORTEGA ROCK QUARRY. THE VIOLATION INVOLVES THE UNAUTHORIZED  DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND FILL MATERIALS TO WATERS OF THE US, NAMELY LUCAS CANYON CREEK IN SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY.  THE    ORDER DIRECTS ORTEGA TO REMEDIATE THE DAMAGE DONE BY HIS     ACTIVITIES.

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