5/19/16 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT OCT 1, 2011, TO PRESENT, RESPONDENT DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEARING AND FILLING OF WETLANDS DURING SILVICULTURE ACTIVITIES.
RESPONDENT IMPACTED APPROX 56.5 ACRES OF JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS, THE DISCHARGE AREA, THAT ARE CONNECTED TO KINCHAFOONEE CREEK, 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 OCT 1, 2011, TO PRESENT, DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404, AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY RESPONDENT.