HEAVY CIVIL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ALLEN MYERS, INC (MEYERS) AS WELL AS SUBSIDIARIES ALLAN MYERS, LP; ALLEN MYERS MD, INC.; AND ALLEN MYERS VA, INC. WILL PAY A CIVIL PENALTY AND IMPLEMENT A COMPANY-WIDE CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER COMPLIANCE PROGRAM TO SETTLE A CIVIL JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION BROUGHT BY ON BEHALF OF EPA REGION 3. THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA JOINED THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AS A CO-PLAINTIFF. THE CASE WAS BASED ON INSPECTIONS CONDUCTED BY REGION 3 AND STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES THAT REVEALED OVER 600 CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER VIOLATIONS AT 14 MYERS SITES IN PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA. VIOLATIONS IDENTIFIED INCLUDE FAILURE TO OBTAIN PERMIT COVERAGE PRIOR TO THE INITIATIONS OF GROUND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES; FAILURE TO STABILIZE DISTURBED SOIL; AND FAILURE PROPERLY INSTALL AND/OR MAINTAIN STORM WATER CONTROLS SUCH AS SILT FENCES, SWALES, SEDIMENT BASINS, SEDIMENT TRAPS, STORM DRAIN INLET PROTECTION, AND CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCES. FURTHER, EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF SEDIMENT LADEN DISCHARGES AT SEVERAL OF THE SITES. LODGING OF THE CONSENT DECREE TRIGGERS A 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.