12/7/2011 - ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT AGREEMENT AND COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED.
THIS ORDER PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WATERS OF THE U.S., INCLUDING IMPACTS TO 22.9 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS AND APPROX 3,300 LINEAR FEET OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES THAT FLOW INTO PINE BARREN CREEK. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING MECHANIZED LAND CLEARING, FILLING, AND IMPOUNDMENT OF JURISDICTIONAL WATERS OF THE U.S. FOR PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTION OF TWO DAMS AND A 77-ACRE PRIVATE RECREATIONAL LAKE.
ON MAY 20, 2008, THE U.S. ARMY COE CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE DISCHARGE AREA AND OBSERVED UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL IN JURISDICTIONAL WATERS OF THE U.S. THE CORPS THEREAFTER ISSUED A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER ON JUNE 2, 2008.
EPA ISSUED AN ADMIN ORDER (CWA-04-2010-5756) TO THE SITE OPERATOR, KEVIN SLOAN, ON DEC 14, 2009, TO CEASE ADDITIONAL DISCHARGES OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. AND TO SUBMIT A RESTORATION PLAN TO RESTORE THE UNAUTHORIZED IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO DAMS AND THE CREATION OF A 77-ACRE PRIVATE RECREATIONAL LAKE.
IN COMPLIANCE WITH EPA'S ADMIN ORDER, RESPONDENT KEVIN SLOAN SUBMITTED A RESTORATION PLAN AND SUBSEQUENT REVISED PLANS IN RESPONSE TO EPA'S COMMENTS. EPA HAS APPROVED THE REVISED RESTORATION PLAN DATED NOV 3, 2011.
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