Public Notice: Proposed Administrative Penalty Order against Future Frontiers, LLC, for Clean Water Act violation
Summary
In accordance with Section 309(g) of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), and 40 C.F.R. § 22.50 of the Consolidated Rules of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties and the Revocation, Termination or Suspension of Permits (“Consolidated Rules”), the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is providing notice of a proposed Administrative Penalty Assessment against Future Frontiers, LLC.
Under Section 309(g) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), the EPA is authorized to issue orders assessing civil penalties for various violations of the CWA. The EPA may issue such orders after filing a Complaint commencing either a Class I or Class II penalty proceeding. The EPA provides notice of the proposed assessment of a Class I civil penalty pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g)(4)(B). Class I proceedings are conducted under the EPA’s Consolidated Rules, 40 C.F.R. Part 22.
In this action, EPA is proposing a Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) under its authority pursuant to Section 309 of the CWA against Future Frontiers, LLC, for violation of Section 301 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C § 1311. Under Section 301(a) of the CWA, it is unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source to navigable waters, except with the authorization of, and in compliance with, a permit issued under Section 404 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1344. Respondent discharged fill material into a stream channel, tributary to the Sabine River, as part of a development project. The violation alleged in the CAFO is for the unauthorized discharge of fill material, to a water of the United States. The CAFO proposes a Class I civil penalty of $32,890.00.
Applicants or Respondents
Future Frontiers, LLC3122 Nealy Way
Longview, TX 75604
United States
Docket Numbers
- CWA-06-2024-2715