03/28/2013 - ADMINISTRAIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. THIS ORDER PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WATERS OF THE U.S. SPECIFICALLY THE DEPOSITION OCCURRED IN APPROXIMATELY 115 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES OF BAYOU L'ENCIENTE, BAYOU MARONE AND BAYOU LA CROIX (DISCHARGE AREA). THESE NAMED TRIBUTARIES CONFLUENCE WITH THE JOURDAN RIVER WHICH FLOWS TO ST. LOUIS BAY, BOTH NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE NW AND SW SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 10 AND MS STATE HWYS 603/43, NORTH OF WAVELAND, IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MS. THE APPROX 1700 ACRE SITE IS DIVIDED BY INTERSTATE 10 INTO A NORTH TRACT (APPROX 1000 ACRES) AND A SOUTH TRACT (APPROX 700 ACRES).
EPA ASSERTS THAT THE FOLLOWING FACTS ARE TRUE AND SUBSTANTIATED:
A. THE MOBILE DISTRICT ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONDUCTED INVESTIGATIONS ON TEH SITE ON OCT 3 AND 18, 2007. DURING THE INVESTIGATIONS, THE CORPS FOUND WHAT IT BELIEVED TO BE UNPERMITTED DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL DISCHARGED ON MANY ACRES OF WATERS OF THE U.S.
B. ON NOV 2, 2007, THE COE ISSUED A NOV TO HANCOCK COUNTY LAND, LLC, ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ON WHCH THE ALLEGED UNAUTHORIZED WORK WAS CONDUCTED.
C. EPA, ALONG WITHTHE CORPS, THE MS DEPT OF MARINE RESOURCES AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RESPONDENT, CONDUCTED A SITE INSPECTION ON NOV 8, 2007. EPA ALSO FOUND WHAT IT BELIEVED TO BE DISCHARGES OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS