9/30/15 - ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT AGMT FINAL PENALTY ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $15,0000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
COMMENCING IN OR ABOUT JUNE 2013, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS ON SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY DURING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WILDLIFE FOOT PLOT, EXCAVATION OF A DRAINAGE DITCH WITH SIDE CAST OF DREDGED MATERIAL, AND STORAGE OF SPOIL MATERIAL. TO DATE, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT IMPACTED APPROX 6.44 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS THAT ABUT AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY, WHICH FLOWS TO DOWLING BAYOU, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S.
AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM JUNE 2013 TO THE PRESENT DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404 AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY RESPONDENT.