11/23/15 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTION WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 20 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS AND FORESTED FRESHWATER WETLANDS ABUTTING AND/OR ADJACENT TO THE LIGHTWOOD KNOX CANAL.
RESPONDENT AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS AOC WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE LAND LOCATED AT THE SOUTH END OF EAST RED BUG ROAD AND EAST OF STATE ROUTE 426, SEMINOLE COUNTY, FL.
SECTION 301(a) OF THE CWA PROHIBITS THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS BY ANY PERSON INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH A PERMET ISSUED UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CWA.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT MAY 5, 2015 TO THE PRESENT, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT, DISCHARGE DREDGE AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THESE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES RESULTED IN THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL TO APPROX 20 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS AND FORESTED FRESHWATER WETLANDS. CURRENTLY, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
ON JULY 21, 2015, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT (CORPS) ISSUED A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER PROHIBITING FURTHER PLACEMENT OF DREDGED AND/OR MATERIAL IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 20 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS AND FORE