3/2/16 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 10.1 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS FRESHWATER WETLANDS ABUTTING AND/OR ADJACENT TO AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY. RESPONDENT AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS AOC WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 542, EAST OF COUNTY LINE ROAD, AND NORTH OF GATEWAY BOULEVARD, POLK COUNTY, FL, THAT CONTAINS THE DISCHARGE AREA.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT DEC 19, 2013, TO PRESENT, RESPONDENT AND/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 CONSTRUCTION OF A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THESE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES RESULTED IN THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL TO APPROX 10.1 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS FRESHWATER WETLANDS. CURRENTLY, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATER OF THE U.S.
ON APRIL 30, 2015, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT ISSUED A NOV CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITES IMPACTED APPROX 10.1 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS FRESHWATER WETLANDS THAT ARE ADJACENT AND/OR ABUTTING AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY THAT FLOWS TO ENGLISH CREEK. ENGLISH CREEK IS A PERINNIAL TRIBUTARY THAT FLOWS TO THE NORTH PRONG ALA