Sweeney

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 | United States of America, No. 2:17-cv-00112-KJM-KJN 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. John Donnelly Sweeney and Point Buckler 15 | Club, LLC 16 Defendants. 17 18 Following a bench trial, this court found defendants John Donnelly Sweeney and Point 19 | Buckler Club, LLC (PBC) had violated, and at the time remained in violation of, 33 U.S.C. 20 | §§ 1311 and 1344 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Prior Order (Sept. 1, 2020) at 95-96, ECF No. 21 | 180. The court declined at the time to address remedies, reserving this question for a second 22 | phase of the proceedings. Following briefing from both parties, the court held a hearing on the 23 | remedial phase. Hr’g Mins. (Sept. 30, 2021), ECF No. 207. The court has reviewed the briefing, 24 | the record in this matter, and relevant legal authorities, and good cause appearing now orders 25 | defendants to develop a restoration plan to rehabilitate Point Buckler Island’s tidal channels and 26…