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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled its dispute with a Uinta County landowner whose stock pond allegedly violated the Clean Water Act with potential $37,500 daily fines.
Landowner Andy Johnson proved his point, his attorney said.
“He was absolutely willing to stand on his property rights and fight it to the end,” Cheyenne attorney Karen Budd-Falen said.
“Litigation is long and hard, and hard on a young family,” Budd-Falen said. “For that, I think he’s glad it’s just done particularly since the EPA totally backed down on its claims against him.”
Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Skavdahl issued a consent decree which absolves both sides. “Nothing in this Consent Decree shall constitute and admission of wrongdoing or the concession of any fact or question of law by any party.”
Johnson agrees to not sue the federal government, and the federal government agrees to not sue him. Johnson also will have to plant willows to mitigate stream erosion.
http://wyomingbusinessreport.com/ft-bridger-man-triumphs-over-epa/