Public Notice: Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order with Meritage Homes of Georgia, LLC, located at 3700 Mansell Road, Suite 550, Alpharetta, Georgia
Summary
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4, located at 61 Forsyth St., S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, proposes to issue an Expedited Settlement Agreement and Final Order (ESA/FO), Docket No. CWA-04-2025-1005(b), that assesses an administrative penalty of $14,000 to Meritage Homes of Georgia, LLC, (Respondent), located at 3700 Mansell Road, Suite 550, Alpharetta, Georgia 30022, under the authority of Section 309(g)(2)(A) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g)(2)(A).
The ESA/FO will settle EPA’s allegations that the Respondent violated Section 301and 402(p) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311 and 1342(p) by failing to comply with the EPA’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for Discharges from Construction Activities, Permit No. GAR38F110, at Huckleberry Ford and Walnut Drive, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534.
EPA is providing public notice of the proposed settlement pursuant to Section 309(g)(4)(A) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g)(4)(A), and 40 C.F.R. § 22.45. Because this matter involves a CWA Section 309(g) proceeding that is proposed to be simultaneously commenced and settled under 40 C.F.R. § 22.13(b), the EPA cannot resolve or settle this ESA/FO until ten days after the close of the public comment period in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 22.45 (b) and (c).
Applicants or Respondents
Carl Houghland, Land Development ManagerMeritage Homes of Georgia, LLC
3700 Mansell Road, Suite 550
Alpharetta, GA 30022
United States
Docket Numbers
- EPA-R04-CWA-2025-1005(b)