6/1/16 - 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 163.4 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS AND FORESTED FRESHWATER WETLANDS ABUTTING AND/OR ADJACENT TO THE LITTLE TOMOKA RIVER AND PRIEST BRANCH, WITHIN AN APPROX 3,500 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED WEST OF I-95, WITHIN SECTIONS 5, 6, 7, 8, 26, 27, 34 AND 35, TOWNSHIP 14 AND 15 SOUTH, RANGE 31 AND 32 EAST, VOLUSIA COUNTY, FL.
ON FEB 11, 2015, PERSONNEL FROM EPA AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT CONDUCTED A JOINT INSPECTION OF THE DISCHARGE AREA.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT AUG 2006 UNTIL JUNE 2009 FOR THE PORTION OF THE SITE, LYING NORTH OF PRIEST BRANCH (THE NORTH TRACT) AND UNTIL 2010 FOR THE PORTION OF THE SITE LYING SOUTH OF PRIEST BRANCH (THE SOUTH TRACT) 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 CONVERTING THE SITE FROM A SILVICULTURE OPERATION TO HAY PRODUCTION. THESE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES RESULTED IN THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL TO APPROX 163.4 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS AND FORESTED FRESHWATER WETLANDS. CURRENTLY, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 163.4 ACRES OF HERBACEOUS AND FORESTED FRESHWATER WETLANDS THAT