3/4/16 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. THIS AOC CONCERNS ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE OF THE CWA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLETION OF AN AMENDED HYDROLOGIC RESTORATION OF AREAS WITH DEEPER ORGANIC SOILS PLAN, DATED NOV 6, 2015 (THE RESTORATION AREA) AND THE NOV 14, 2014 (FINAL WATER MGMT PLAN FOR THE HOFMANN FOREST) AS AMENDED BY THE JAN 25, 2016 AMENDMENT TO THE NOV 14, 2014 FINAL WATER MGMT PLAN FOR HTE HOFMANN FOREST (COLLECTIVELY THE WATER MGMT PLAN). THE PURPOSE OF THE PLANS IS TO RESTORE APPROX 120 ACRES OF IMPACTED FORESTED WETLANDS AND TO MAINTAIN WETLAND HYDROLOGY APPROPRIATE FOR THE CWA 404(f) SILVICULTURE EXEMPTION.
RESPONDENT NEITHER ADMIT NOR DENY LIABILITY FOR THE VIOLATIONS ALLEGED IN THIS AOC AND MAINTAIN THAT ALL FORESTRY ACTIVITY CONDUCTED AT THE HOFMANN FOREST BY THE RESPONDENTS HAS BEEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SILVICULTURE EXEMPTION OF THE CWA.
THE HOFMANN FOREST IS AN APPROX 79,026-ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN ONSLOW AND JONES COUNTIES, NC. IT IS LOCATED PREDOMINATELY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF U.S. HWY 17, NEAR DEPPE, ONSLOW COUNTY, NC. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING MECHANICAL LAND CLEARING OF FORESTED WETLANDS AND THE EXCAVATION OF DITCHES WITH THE SIDE CAST OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL (DISCHARGE AREA).
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