4/22/2014 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
THE DISCHARGE AREA IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOWLES ROAD AND JIMMY DELOACH PARKWAY IN CHATHAM COUNTY, GA. ROBERT LEE WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE SITE. COMMENCING 2012 AND 2013, RESPONDENT, 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 CLEARING AND FILLING OF WETLANDS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. RESPONDENT IMPACTED APPROX 1 ACRE OF WETLANDS THAT ABUT AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY WITHIN THE WALTHOUR SWAMP WHICH CONNECTS TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE CREEK, WHICH IS A PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404.