Public Notice: Nevada Tri Partners, LLC and Damonte Ranch Commerce Center, LLC; Proposed Settlement of CWA Section 309(g) Class I Administrative Penalty
Summary
EPA is providing notice of a proposed administrative penalty settlement with Nevada Tri Partners, LLC of Reno, Nevada and Damonte Ranch Commerce Center, LLC (Respondents) for violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA alleges that Respondent violated CWA Section 301(a), 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a), by discharging fill material into waters of the United States without obtaining from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a permit issued under CWA Section 404, 33 U.S.C. § 1344. Specifically, the EPA alleges that beginning around August 2022, Respondents began construction of the site known as Downtown Damonte in Reno, NV. As part of this project, Respondents used mechanized land-clearing and earthmoving equipment to prepare the site for development, resulting in filling of a relatively permanent tributary that flows toward the Truckee River.
Pursuant to Section 309(g) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1319(g), and in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Part 22 (consolidated rules of practice for assessing administrative civil penalties), EPA proposes entering into a Consent Agreement and Final Order (CA/FO) with Respondents to simultaneously commence and conclude this CWA Class I civil administrative penalty proceeding. Under the proposed CA/FO, Respondents will pay the United States a civil penalty of $25,971 to resolve this matter.
In the Matter of Nevada Tri Partners, LLC and Damonte Ranch Commerce Center, LLC: EPA Docket Number CWA-09-2025-0059
Complainant: Amy C. Miller-Bowen, Director, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Respondent: Nevada Tri Partners, LLC and Damonte Ranch Commerce Center, LLC
Description of Business or Activity Conducted by the Respondents: Retail/Residential Property Developer
Summary of Alleged Violations: Respondents discharged fill materials into waters of the United States without obtaining a CWA permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Proposed Penalty: $25,971