EPA TAKES ACTION TO STOP RAW SEWAGE DISCHARGES FROM PUERTO RICO OUSING DEVELOPER

摘要

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a civil settlement with Mora Development Corporation and Mora Development S.E., two affiliated Puerto Rico real estate development companies, for violations of the Clean Water Act. The companies built two housing developments- the Cascadas in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, and Mon-tecielo in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico-with sewage collection systems that illegally discharged sewage into local waters. Under the settlement, Mora Development will pay a $242,400 penalty. The settlement is in addition to actions and penalties required when Mora Development Corporation pled guilty to violating sewage regulations. The violations at the housing developments were corrected under prior orders issued by EPA.