# MALIBU BEACH INC
> **Judicial** · FY1988 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3100`
- **Case Number:** 02-1988-0563
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CIARDI, ALBERT A. (complaint) (settlement)
- MALIBU BEACH INC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS DIRECT REFERRAL IS BEING MADE WITHOUT A LITIGATION    REPORT DUE TO THE EMERTENT NATURE OF THE VIOLATIONS.           MR. ALBERT CIARDI OWNS  A 50-60 ACRE STRIP OF LAND, KNOWN  AS MALIBU BEACH, IN ATLANTIC COUNTY, N.J.  THE PROPERTY IS   BORDERED BY GREAT EGG HARBOR INLET ON THE SOUTH AND THE      OCEAN CITY/LONGPORT BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH.  THE PRESENTLY   UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY CONTAINS BEACH FRONT, A TIDAL POOL      (APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES), SOD BANKS, MUD FLATS, WETLANDS,    AND BEACH DUNES.  THIS PROPERTY PROVIDES A UNIQUE AND VITAL  BREEDING AND FEEDING HABITAT FOR TWO SPECIES OF WATER BIRDS  THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS ENDANGERED OR THREATENED ON FEDERAL   AND STATE LISTS, AS WELL AS A STOP-OVER AND STAGING AREA FOR MANY MIGRATORY SHOREBIRDS.  IN PARTICULAR, THE TIDAL POOL    PROVIDES A PRODUCTIVE AND PROTECTIVE FEEDING AREA FOR THESE  SPECIES.                                                       MR. CIARDI, OR AUTHORIZED AGENTS, BEGAN DEPOSITING FILL IN WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1984, AND FILL HAS CONTINUED  TO BE DEPOSITED IN TIDAL AREAS AND WETLANDS TO THE PRESENT.  MR. CIARDI MADE THREE SEPARATE APPLICATIONS FOR A DEPARTMENT OF ARMY PERMIT TO PLACE FILL ON HIS PROPERTY, BUT ON EACH    OCCASION THEY WERE WITHDRAWN OR CANCELLED DUE TO MR CIARDI'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUISITE INFORMATION.  THEREFORE, ALL OF THE FILL ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN UNPERMITTED.  THE PHILADELPHIA CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS NOTIFIED HIM    THAT HIS PROPERTY CONTAINED WATERS OF 

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