FIRM FACES EPA FINES AGENCY CITES WATER VIOLATIONS.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer PLUM CANYON - A developer building hundreds of homes in Plum Canyon faces more than $100,000 in fines after being accused of violating a provision of the Clean Water Act, and is now negotiating a settlement, an EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. lawyer said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and , grading conducted by the Shapell Monteverde development partnership could lead to dirt washing into local streams when it rains, potentially polluting the region's water supply. The construction is on both sides of Plum Canyon Road. ``The primary thing is that Shapell violated the storm water pollution prevention plan in its Clean Water Act permit by failing to implement adequate erosion and sediment control measures,'' said Gail Cooper, the EPA attorney working on the case. Officials of Shapell Monteverde did not return phone calls. Shapell Monteverde responded to the complaint immediately, requesting settlement negotiations, which are confidential, Cooper said. The EPA will announce the results of those negotiations when a resolution is reached, Cooper said. According to the investigation, Shapell and Monteverde have not taken adequate measures to ensure that graded dirt being moved for construction does not wash into Bouquet Creek when it rains. Bouquet Creek feeds the Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
``It's pretty appalling that a developer would be in noncompliance noncompliance failure of the owner to follow instructions, particularly in administering medication as prescribed; a cause of a less than expected response to treatment. noncompliance of the Clean Water Act, and given opportune time to fix it,'' said Teresa Savaikie, a local environmentalist environmentalist a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment. . ``They're talking about polluting the Santa Clara River.'' In June, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) According to the EPA, the grading used by Shapell Monteverde when it built homes in Plum Canyon, top, could lead to dirt being washed into the Santa Clara River by way of some nearby streams and a creek, above. Environmental activist Teresa Savaikie, left, says she's appalled by the potential pollution of the river. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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