5/28/14 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S., INCLUDING APPROX 4.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS IN ALMA, GA. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEARING AND FILLING OF WETLANDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BLUEBERRY PRODUCTION. COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JULY 2007 TO THE PRESENT, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVERSION OF FORESTED WETLANDS TO BLUEBERRY PRODUCTION. TO DATE, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 4.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF TENMILE CREEK, WHICH FLOWS THRU A SECOND UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO TENMILE CREEK, THEN THRU TENMILE CREEK, AND HURRICANE CREEK, BEFORE JOINING THE ALABAHA RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHRAGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM JULY 2007 TO THE PRESENT DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404 AUTHORIZING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL BY RESPONDENT.