10/17/14 - CONSENT AGMT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $18,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT OCT 1, 2013, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WOOD PELLET PLANT. CURRENTLY, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S. THE RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 2.795 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS ADJACENT TO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO THE SATILLA RIVER, A TRADITIONAL NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404.