CWA-09-2024-0079: Consent Agreement and (Proposed) Final Order; Paramount Builders Inc., Pago Pago, AS
Proposed administrative penalty settlement with Paramount Builders Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of American Samoa and based in Pago Pago, American Samoa for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA Docket No. CWA-09-2024-0079.
Complainant: Amy Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Respondent: Paramount Builders Inc., Pago Pago, American Samoa
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondent: Paramount Builders Inc. is a general contractor primarily engaged in construction (including new work, additions, alterations, remodeling, and repair) of residential buildings other than single-family houses.
Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondent discharged fill material into waters of the United States without obtaining authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under CWA Section 404, 33 U.S.C. § 1344.
Proposed Penalty: $50,000.