# LONG COUNTY, GEORGIA, BOARD OF EDUCATION
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2017 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3601184098`
- **Case Number:** 04-2017-5505
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- LONG COUNTY, GEORGIA, BOARD OF EDUCATION (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

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.

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