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              UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY                        ~ 

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                                                                                          CULEBRA
IN THE MATTER OF:                                                                  Acuse de Recibo

Municipality of Culebra
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P.O. Box 189                                                      ADMINISTRATIVE
Culebra, Puerto Rico 00775                                       COMPLIANCE ORDER

DBA Santiago Electric                                              DOCKET NUMBER
HC-01 Box 4905                                                     CWA-02-2010-3115
Villalba, Puerto Rico 00766

 Parcelas Culebra Lot Development

 Proceeding pursuant to Section 309(a) of the Clean Water
 Act, 33 U.S.C. §1319(a)



                                STATUTORY AUTHORITY

The following ORDER is issued pursuant to the authority vested in the Administrator of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") by the Clean Water Act, 33
U.S.C. § 1251 et seg. (the MAct" or "CWA"), which authority has been duly delegated to
the Regional Administrator of Region 2, EPA, and since further redelegated to the
Director, Caribbean Environmental Protection Division, Region 2, EPA.


                     DEFINITIONS AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS

The following definitions and statutory and regulatory provisions apply in this Order:

       a. 	    Section 301(a) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a), provides in part that
               "Except as in compliance with this Section and Sections ... 402, and 404
               of the Act, the discharge of any pollutant by any person shall be unlawful."

      b. 	     Section 402(a)(1) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342(a)(1), provides that " ... the
               Administrator may, after opportunity for public hearing. issue a permit for
               the discharge of any pollutant..."

      c. 	     The term "navigable waters" includes the waters of the United States
               pursuant to Section 502(7) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1362(7).