11/15/18 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT.
THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 31 ACRES OF WETLANDS ABUTTING AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF BEEDY BRANCH. BEEDY BRANCH IS A PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF BUCKHEAD CREEK, WHICH FLOWS TO THE OGEECHEE RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S. THE DEPOSITION OF THE DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING THE CONVERSION OF THE WETLANDS AT THE DISCHARGE AREA TO AGRICULTURAL LAND.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT SEPT 2014 TO THE PRESENT, RESPONDENTS, AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVERSION OF WETLANDS TO AGRICULTURAL LAND. TO DATE, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENTS' UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 31 ACRES OF WETLANDS ABUTTING AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF BEEDY BRANCH, A TRIBUTARY OF BUCKHEAD CREEK WHICH FLOWS TO THE OGEECHEE RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S.
AGREEMENT:
- RESPONDENTS SHALL RESTORE THE DISCHARGE AREA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTORATION PLAN PREPARED BY FLC, DATED DEC 7, 2017.
- WITHIN 30 DAYS, RESPONDENTS SHALL NOTIFY EPA OF THE ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION START DATE FOR THE RESTORATION. RESTORATION MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN 180 DAYS UNLESS AN EXTENSION IS GRANT