EPA penalizes private landowner for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging fill into the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has penalized Michael Gagliano, a private landowner, for violating the Clean Water Act by discharging fill material into the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River in Idaho. The unauthorized discharges occurred in September 2022, without a Clean Water Act permit, and likely mobilized contaminated sediment and mine tailings within the Bunker Hill Superfund Site. Gagliano has agreed to pay a $8,000 penalty and restore the site, prioritizing slope stabilization, erosion reduction, and vegetation establishment along the riverbank. This is the second Clean Water Act enforcement action taken by EPA within the Bunker Hill Superfund Site in the past couple of years.