News release: Agricultural developer agrees to pay clean water act fines, mitigate impacts to sensitive streams and wetlands
A California agricultural developer has agreed to pay a civil penalty, preserve streams and wetlands, effect mitigation, and be subject to a prohibitory injunction to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) on property near the Sacramento River located in Tehama County, California, the Justice Department announced today. Roger J. LaPant Jr. purchased the property in this case in 2011 and sold it in 2012…