3/2/16 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT. THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 1800 LINEAR FEET OR SHORELINE ALONG AN UNNAMED TIDAL CANAL.
AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS AOC, WAS THE OPERATOR ON THE LAND LOCATED ALONG OLD DIXIE HWY IN SECTIONS 10, 11, AND 14, TOWNSHIP 24 SOUTH, RANGE 16 EAST, PASCO COUNTY, FL THAT CONTAINS THE DISCHARGE AREA.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT OCT 29, 2014, TO THE PRESENT, RESPONDENT, AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEARING AND REGARDING OF A TIDAL CANAL. THESE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES RESULTED IN THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL TO APPROX 1800 LINEAR FEET OF SHORELINE.
ON NOV 4, 2014, THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS ISSUED A CEASE AND DESIST ORDER PROHIBITING FURTHER PLACEMENT OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL IN WATERS OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 1800 LINEAR FEET OF SHORELINE ALONG AN UNNAMED TIDAL CANAL THAT FLOWS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S.
AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404.
AGREEMENT:
A. RESPONDENT WILL RESTORE THE SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN SUBMITTED ON OCT 13, 2015, BY LARRY EVANS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT. THE RESTORA