Opinion ID: 2995437
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Heading: Ill 1996). The penalties are directly

Text: related to the environmental harm caused by A&A. Further, the amount is less than 10% of the statutory authorized penalties. See 33 U.S.C. sec. 1319(d). A&A also argues that the stipulated penalties were unreasonable as a matter of public policy since the delay in work was attributable to weather conditions beyond its control. It argues that it did not resume work following the resolution of the dispute because June flooding rendered the land unsuitable for work. A&A adds that even the government concedes that the land was too wet for the work at the time. The Consent Decree provided that a deadline may be excused in the event of a Force Majeure. This provision, however, required A&A to notify the government in writing of the alleged Force Majeure event in order to excuse a deadline. Because A&A failed to do so, A&A cannot now claim that compliance with the schedule was not pos sible. See, e.g., Krilich, 126 F.2d at 1037. Moreover, because June was a full seven months after the Consent Decree’s deadlines for completing the work, any flooding in June does not warrant an excuse for the delay and is therefore ir relevant to the issue of stipulated penalties.