8-7-19 - 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 47 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS LOCATED EAST OF AMERICAN AVENUE IN BULLER BAY BETWEEN TURBEVILLE AND OLANTA, CLARENDON COUNTY, SC. EPA CONDUCTED TWO SITE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PROPERTY ON FEB 21-23, 2017, AND ON OCT 17, 2017. DURING THESE INSPECTIONS, EPA FOUND UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL IN FORESTED WETLANDS IN FULLER BAY, A CAROLINA BAY WETLAND.
JASON WELCH, AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS AOC, WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE SITE.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JAN 2012 UNTIL AUG 2015, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S ON THE SITE, WITHOUT A PERMIT, USING A MECHANICAL EXCAVATOR AND BULLDOZER DURING UNAUTHORIZED DREDGE AND FILL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL LAND CLEARING OF FORESTED WETLANDS AND DITCH EXCAVATION WITH SIDE CAST OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL. CURRENTLY, THE AUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN THESE WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 47 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS THAT ARE WITHIN FULLER BAY, A CAROLINA BAY WETLAND THAT ABUTS AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY THAT FLOWS INTO DISCHARGE SWAMP WHICH FLOWS TO PUDDING SWAMP WHICH CONFLUENCES WITH THE BLACK RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S.
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