NATURE OF THE CASE: THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION JIM SOUTHERN, HARDIN COUNTY, TENN, FOR VIOL OF SEC 1311(A) (DISCHARGING DREDGE & FILL MATERIALS INTO WATERS W/O A CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMIT UNDER SEC 404.) THE DEF HAS UNDERTAKEN AN EXTEN- SIVE CHANNELIZATION PROJECT IN CHAMBERS CREEK, A TRIBU- TARY OF THE TENN RIVER. THIS ACTIVITY HAS RESULTED IN DISCHARGE OF DREDGED &/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO CHAMBERS CREEK, WATERS OF THE US, & INTO AN ADJACENT WETLAND OF APPROX 66 ACRES, WHICH ALSO CONSTITUTE WATERS OF THE US. DEF'S ACTIVITIES HAVE RESULTED IN THE CONVERSION OF THE 66 ACRES OF WETLAND TO A FARMING OPERATION -- A USE TO WHICH IT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT.