8/11/16 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $80,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JULY 2014, RESPONDENTS, OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENTS, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WATERS DURING THE UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTING AN IN-STREAM ROAD CROSSING.
RESPONDENTS IMPACTED APPROX 400 LINEAR FEET OF CYPRESS CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER, 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 JULY 2014 TO PRESENT DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404, AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY RESPONDENTS.