09/22/17 - ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL PENALTY ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY $14,500 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT APRIL 2016 TO THE PRESENT, RESPONDENT 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 NEW SCHOOL.
RESPONDENT IMPACTED APPROX 1.4 ACRES OF JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS (DISCHARGE AREA) THAT ARE ADJACENT TO AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY THAT FLOWS INTO DOCTORS CREEK. DOCTORS CREEK IS A PERENNIAL TRIBTUARY OF THE ALTAMAHA RIVER, A TRADITIONAL NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S.
AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGE AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM APR 2016 TO PRESENT, DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404 AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY RESPONDENT.