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ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - ANDERSON BAYOU/CANAL

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37140

Penalty
Cost recovery
$42K
Compliance action

Case

Case Number
06-1997-0310
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - ANDERSON BAYOU/CANAL 2 MILES NORTHEASTERLY FROM SORRENTO DONALSONVILLE, ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA 70346 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. WITHOUT A COE 404 PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPOND- ENT TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT WETLAND RESTORATION MEASURES TO REVERSE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE DISCHARGES OF DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL, REMOVE ALL THE DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF PRE- PROJECT SURFACE CONTOURS, WATER REGIME AND VEGETATIVE COVER ON ALL CLEARED AND SPOILED SURFACES, COMPLETE THE RESTORATION/MITIGATION MEASURES WITHIN 270 DAYS OF RE- CEIPT OF THE ORDER, SUBMIT A REPORT WITHIN 5 DAYS OF FIN- AL COMPLETION OF THE RESTORATION/MITIGATION MEASURES THAT INCLUDE A WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD CONFIRMING THAT THE MEASURES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE AO, AND OBTAIN A COE 404 PERMIT PRIOR TO ANY FUR- THER DISCHARGES.

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