06/29/90: SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE: THIS REFERRAL CONCERNS THE UPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS NEAR CRYSTAL BEACH, GALVESTON COUNTY ,TX RESULTING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 60,400 SQUARE FEET OF PRODUCT- IVE ESTUARINE MARSH & SHALLOW OPEN WATER AREA. THE FILLING HAS OCCURRED SINCE NOV, 87 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. A.B. CHARPIOT, & INVOLVED THE EXPANSION OF A PARKING LOT, CREAT- ION OF MINNOW PONDS, DISPOSAL OF DREDGED MATERIAL & ROAD CONSTRUCTION. MR. CHARPIOT HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF TH CWA SECT. 404 PROGRAM, HAVING RECEVIED NUMEROUS PERMITS & WRITTE WARNINGS DATING BACK TO 1956. THE PURPOSE OF THE CIVI ACTION IS TO OBTAIN AN ENFORCEABLE RESTORATION AND/OR IF A SETTLE MENT IS REACHED, A CONSENT DECREE & TO OBTAIN CIVIL PENALTIE AS APPROPRIATE, REGION 6 HAS COORDINATED WITH THE GALVESTON DISTRICT OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ON THIS ACTION AND TOOK THE LEAD IN ENFORCING THE CWA 301 VIOLATIONS INVOLVED HERE AS A RESULT OF THIS MATTER BEING TURNED OVER TO REGION 6 BY THE COE.