4/7/16 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT. THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTINAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX .33 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS ADJACENT TO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF THE FLINT RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RECREATIONAL IMPOUNDMENT. THE IMPACTS TO WATERS OF THE U.S. WERE OBSERVED BY AN EPA INSPECTOR AFTER A NEIGHBOR COMPLAINED TO HIS CONGRESSMAN, REPRESENTATIVE WESTMORELAND.
RESPONDENT AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS AOC WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED EAST OF MIDVILLE ROAD, NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF TRI COUNTY ROAD, NEAR THE TOWN OF BROOKS, SPALDING COUNTY, GA, THAT CONTAINED THE DISCHARGE AREA.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JUNE 2006 TO PRESENT, 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 THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RECREATIONAL IMPOUNDMENT ON THE SITE. TO DATE, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGE AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 0.33 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT DRAIN TO THE FLINT RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S.
AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM JUNE 200