3/2/11 - COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED. THIS ORDER PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISIDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 4,500 LINEAR FEET OF ROBINSON CREEK AND ITS ASSOCIATED WETLANDS, LOCATED OFF OF MIDDLE HILL ROAD, SANDERSVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, GA. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 65-ACRE LAKE IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS ORDER WAS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED OF MIDDLE HILL ROAD NEAR SANDERSVILLE, GA, THAT CONTAINED THE DISCHARGE AREA.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT MAY 2006 TO JUNE 2007, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS ON THE SITE USING MECHANIZED EQUIPMENT, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LAKE WITHIN ROBINSON CREEK.
RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 4,500 LINEAR FEET OF ROBINSON CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO KEG CREEK, WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY TO BUFFALO CREEK, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S.
AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT THE DISCHARGE ARE FROM MAY 2006 TO THE PRESENT, DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA SEC 404 AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY RESPONDENT.
ORDER REQUIRES:
A. RESPONDENT IS ORDERED NOT TO CONDUCT ANY ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE THAT INVOLVES THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES OF ANY DREDGE