3/20/14 - ADMIN COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT. PERTAINS TO DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 1,690 LINEAR FEET OF STREAM THAT CONNECTS TO UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO TURKEY CREEK, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. THE UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OCCURED ON PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. BERT STOREY, NORTHWEST OF WALKER RD AND STATE ROUTE 23 IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SC. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF RECREATIONAL IMPOUNDMENTS WITH ASSOCIATED MECHANICAL LAND CLEARING DURING CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE SITE ON NOV 22, 2011, AND FOUND UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF FILL MATERIAL IN JURISDICTIONAL WATERS OF THE U.S. THE CORPS FORWARDED THE CASE TO EPA ON FEB 1, 2012.
EPA SENT MR. STOREY A CWA SECTION 308 INFO REQUEST ON MAY 22, 2012. MR. STOREY RESPONDED ON JUNE 26, 2012.
EPA INSPECTED THE SITE ON NOV 13, 2012 AND FOUND UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF DREDGED MATERIAL IN JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS.
RESPONDENT, AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS AOC, WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE SITE THAT CONTAINED TWO LOCATIONS WHERE THE UNPERMITTED DICHARGES OCCURRED: POND 1 IS AN APPROX 5.50 ACRE IMPOUNDMENT ON LITTLE BEAVER DAM CREAK AND POND 2 IS AN APPROX 4 ACRE IMPOUNDMENT ON AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF LITTLE BEAVER DAM CREEK DISCHARGE AREAS.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JULY 15, 2008 THRU AUG 3, 2009, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DRE