FROM DECEMBER 1998 THROUGH EARLY SPRING OF 1999, RESPONDENTS, OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS, USED DUMP TRUCKS, A FRONT END LOADER, AND A MECHANIZED EXCAVATOR TO DISCHARGE DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE SITE DURING MECHANIZED LAND CLEARING, STOCKPILING OF EARTHEN AND WOODY DEBRIS, AND ENLARGEMENT OF AN EXISTING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATION. SITE: 90-ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED ON SAND RIDGE ROAD, SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 1298, BORDERING THE CROATAN NATIONAL FOREST, SOUTH OF NEWPORT, NEAR 34 DEGREES, 44.29' NORTH LATITUDE AND 76 DEGREES 55.11' WEST LONGITUDE, IN CARTERET COUNTY, NC.