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SOUTH TERREBONNE TIDEWATER DISTRICT

Administrative - Formal · FY1995 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 36234

Penalty
Cost recovery
$40K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1995-0365
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SEC. 1319(A). 2. SOUTH TERREBONNE TIDEWATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT P.O. BOX 370 CHAUVIN, LOUISIANA 70344-0370 LOCATION OF FACILITY: TOWNSHIP 19 SOUTH, RANGE 19 EAST, TERREBONNE PARISH, LA. 3. THE RESPONDENT AND/OR INDIVIDUALS ACTING ON ITS BEHALF OPERATED MACHINERY, SUCH AS BUCKET DREDGE, FROM WHICH WAS DISCHARGED, DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO BAYOU TER- REBONNE (WETLANDS) LOCATED ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY. SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA PROHIBITS THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED/FILL MATERIAL INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S., EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH A PERMIT ISSUED BY THE U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS (COE). AT NO TIME RELEVANT TO THIS ORDER DID COE ISSUE A PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE DISCHARGES DESCRIBED. THE RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGES VIOLATED SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA AND THE PARTIES AGREE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CON- SENT (AOC) THAT ORDERS THE RESPONDENT TO (1) RESTORE THE WETLANDS TO APPROXIMATE THEIR PREVIOUS CONDITION BY THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER BY MAY 15, 1995 AND (2) SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT IN WRITING

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