# JOHN L. CONNERS, JR.
> **Judicial** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36325`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0019
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $400K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $100K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JOHN L. CONNERS, JR. (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(B) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SEC. 1311.                                                2. JOHN L. CONNER, JR.                                          CONMAC INVESTMENTS, INC.                                     2301 MCLAIN                                                  NEWPORT, ARKANSAS 72112                                   3. THIS REFERRAL CONCERNS THE UNPERMITTED CLEARING AND DIS-     CHARGE OF FILL MATERIALS INTO CYPRESS SLOUGHS, OXBOW         LAKES AND BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD WETLANDS AT 23 SITES IN        JACKSON, LAWRENCE AND WOODRUFF COUNTIES, ARKANSAS. THE       VIOLATIONS HAVE RESULTED IN THE DESTRUCTION OF APPROXI-      MATELY 73 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS AND ADVERSE IMPACTS     TO ADJACENT WETLANDS. THE VIOLATIONS BEGAN IN OCT. 1989      UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DEFENDANT JOHN L. CONNER, JR.,        WHOSE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS INCLUDE SOME 30,000 TO          50,000 ACRES, OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 3,000 ARE FORESTED      WETLANDS AND SIGNIIFICANT ACREAGE OF FARMED WETLANDS AND     SHALLOW-WATER AQUATIC HABITAT (PRIMARILY OXBOW LAKES.        THESE PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY VARIOUS CORPORATIONS AND       ENTITIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE CONTROLLED BY THE DEFENDANT.      ADDITIONAL VIOLATION SITES ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION AND       MAY BE ADDED TO THE CASE AT A LATER DATE. VIOLATIONS         WHICH OCCURRED MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AGO (SITES 1-4) ARE      INCLUDED ONLY TO PROVIDE A COMPLETE CHRONOLOGY OF THE DE-    FENDANT'S ACTIONS, AND ARE NOT BE

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