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PUERTO RICO LAND AUTHORITY

Administrative - Formal · FY2002 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 8817

Penalty
Cost recovery
$725K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
02-2002-3502
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

****** VIOLATOR, A GOVERNMENT LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FAILED TO PREVENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF 14.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS ON ITS PROPERTY BY TRESPASSING HOMEBUILDERS. VIOLATORS MUST COMPENSATE BY CREATING OR RESTORING 29 ACRES OF REPLACEMENT WETLANDS. COST OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IS ROUGHLY ESTIMATED AT $25,000 PER ACRE.

Source

Authoritative
EPA ECHO
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