# BAYOU MARCUS
> **Judicial** · FY1991 · — · Litigated No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20687`
- **Case Number:** 04-1991-0003
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Litigated No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $0
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BAYOU MARCUS LIVESTOCK & AGRI. CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- CAPP, ROBERT (complaint) (settlement)
- HANA INVESTMENT CO. (complaint) (settlement)
- NESS, KENNETH (complaint) (settlement)
- THE COLONY BAYOU MARCUS CORPORATION (complaint) (settlement)
- VICTOR, S. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

IN JULY, 1985, BAYOU MARCUS LIVESTOCK AND AGRICULTURAL  COMPANY PURCHASED TWO TRACTS OF PROPERTY, COMPRISING         APPROXIMATELY 872 ACRES, ADJACENT TO PERDIDO BAY IN          PENSACOLA, FLORIDA.  THE PROPERTY CONTAINED EXTENSIVE        FORESTED WETLANDS AND OTHER WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.     SOMETIME AFTER PROPERTY ACQUISITION, BAYOU MARCUS BEGAN TO   PREPARE THE PROPERTY FOR USE IN A SILVICULTURE OPERATION.    ROADS WERE CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR TRUCKS TO LOG   THE PROPERTY.  THIS CONSTRUCTION WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY         EXCAVATING DITCHES AND USING THE SIDECAST AS FILL MATERIAL   FOR THE ROADS.  THE TIMBER WAS THEN REMOVED AND THE LAND WAS CLEARED TO FACILITATE CONVERSION OF THE PROPERTY TO A PINE   PLANTATION.

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