2/16/18 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT.
ALLEGATIONS
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JULY 2014 UNTIL LATE 2015, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENTS, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. ON THE SITE, WITHOUT A PERMIT, USING A TRACK HOE, A BOX-BLADE TRACTOR, AND A MINI-EXCAVATOR DURING UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH CLEARING, FILLING, AND EXCAVATING WETLANDS AND STREAMS TO EXPAND TWO FORESTRY ROADS, BUILD WATERFOWL IMPOUNDMENTS AND/OR IRRIGATION PONDS, CLEAR LOGGING DEBRIS AND BEAVER DAMS, AND CONSTRUCT MULTIPLE WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES. THESE VIOLATIONS RESULTED IN IMPOUNDING WATER OVER MANY DOZENS OF ACRES OF HARVESTED FORESTED WETLANDS AND PERENNIAL STREAMS. CURRENTLY, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGE AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN THESE WATERS OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 5 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT RAE PART OF A WETLAND COMPLEX THAT ABUTS THE COOSAWHATCHIE RIVER AND 1300 LINEAR FEET OF AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF THE COOSAWHATCHIE RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S.
AGREEMENT ON CONSENT:
RESPONDENTS AGREE TO PERFORM THE ACTIONS SET FORTH IN THE JUNE 14, 2017 RESTORATION PLAN ATTACHED TO THE ORDER, WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN:
A. RESTORE WETLAND ELEVATIONS TO EXCAVATED AREAS ALONG ROADS A AND B;
B. RESTORE TWO CULVERTS ON ROAD A AND ONE CULVERT ON ROAD B;
C. BACKFILL THE DITCH TO APPROX WETLAND ELEVATION AT LOCATION A;
D. RESTOR