Don't forget the criminal acts that were his shady land development practices on Kauai, prior to the dam breach. In May 2005 Mr. Pflueger pleaded guilty to ten felony counts in Hawai'i state criminal court and was ordered to pay a $500,000 penalty. In July 2005 the Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources fined Mr. Pflueger $4 Million for natural resource damages associated with sediment runoff and its damage to the beach and coral reef at Pila'a. In addition, the EPA won a landmark settlement with $2 Million penalty, the largest Clean Water Act storm water penalty imposed to date in the United States for a single site and single landowner, including extensive repair and restoration work costing approximately $5.3 Million, and a supplemental environmental project for $200,000.