AGENTS ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO APPROX. 2.36 ACRES OF WETLANDS AT THE DISCHARGE AREA. FILLING ACTIVITIES CONSISTED OF MECHANIZED LAND CLEARING AND DEPOSITION OF SPOIL PILES BELOW THE 3 FOOT ELEVATION CONTOUR WHICH WAS THE WETLAND DELINEATION LINE. AGENTS ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT, PERFORMED THIS UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITY DURING THE TIME WHEN COE AUTHORIZATION WAS BEING SOUGHT FOR Q A PORTION OF THE WORK.