The Ryland Group Inc., one of the nation�s largest homebuilders, will pay a civil penalty of $625,000 to resolve alleged CWA violations at its construction sites, including sites located in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, DOJ and EPA announced. Ryland will also invest in compliance programs to improve employee training and increase mgmt oversight at all current and future construction sites. The company is required to inspect its current and future construction sites routinely to minimize stormwater runoff.
�This settlement will help protect communities in states across the nation from harmful pollutants in stormwater runoff,� said Ignacia S. Moreno, Asst AG for the Environment and Natural Resources Div of DOJ. �Polluted stormwater runoff can contaminate rivers, lakes and sources of drinking water, and it can be easily prevented with the system-wide mgmt controls and training that this settlement now requires.�
�Protecting America�s water resources, like the Chesapeake Bay, by keeping contaminated stormwater from flowing unchecked into our waterways is one of EPA�s top priorities,� said Cynthia Giles, Asst Administrator for EPA�s Ofc of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. �Today�s settlement will improve Ryland�s oversight of stormwater runoff at its construction sites nationwide and protect our nation�s water resources.�
EPA estimates the settlement will prevent millions of pounds of sediment from entering U.S. waterways every year, in