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Cases — 4580839
Cases · As of Oct 4, 2026
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- Activity name
- Pala Band of Mission Indians
- Case number
- 09-2004-0369
- Case name
- Pala Band of Mission Indians
- Region code
- 09
- Fiscal year
- 2004
- Activity type code
- JDC
- Activity type desc
- Judicial
- Activity status code
- CLS
- Activity status desc
- Closed
- Activity status date
- 2007-01-09
- Lead agency
- EPA
- Case status date
- 2007-01-09
- Enforcement outcome code
- ECP
- Enforcement outcome desc
- Final Order With Penalty
- Voluntary self disclosure
- false
- Multimedia flag
- false
- Summary text
- This is a Civil Judicial Referral pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act asking the Department of Justice to bring an action against the Pala Band of Mission Indians for unauthorized aggregate mining and levee construction within the San Luis Rey River. Evidence indicates that between 1997 and 2000, the Tribe, in conjunction with a casino developer named Jerry Turk, directed the mining and levee construction activities performed by Brown Bulk Transportation and Valley Materials Corporation. Mining activities resulted in the excavation of an 18 acre pit within the main channel of the river measuring 250 feet by 450 feet. In addition, a large levee (earthen dam) was constructed perpendicular to the main channel along the Pala Creek tributary (presumably to protect the new gaming casino from flooding). The unauthorized activities adversely affected riverine processes, accelerated erosion and sedimentation, caused the river to change course from a southerly channel to a northerly channel, created a risk of flood damage to the new gaming casino (and possibly non-tribal infrastructure), and destroyed aquatic habitat occupied by the federally-listed arroyo southwestern toad. NOTE: This action is related to an earlier referral involving Brown Bulk Transportation Inc. (09-2002-0139), but is sufficiently distinct in the underlying facts and jurisdictional issues (action against a tribe), that it is being brought as a stand-alone action (separate complaint and resolution)
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- 2026-10-04T02:01:32.650836+00:00
- Updated at
- 2026-10-04T02:01:32.650836+00:00
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