# ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - BABIN CANAL
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37141`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0311
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $37K
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C.     SECTION 1319(A).                                          2. ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - BABIN CANAL                   4 MILES NORTHEASTERLY FROM SORRENTO                          DONALDSONVILLE, ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA 70346         3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA     DISCHARGING DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE     U.S. (WETLANDS ADJACENT TO BABIN CANAL) WITHOUT A COE 404    PERMIT.                                                   4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 409(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 DREDGED AND/OR FILL    MATERIAL AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF PRE-PROJECT SURFACE CON-    TOURS, WATER REGIME AND VEGETATIVE COVER ON ALL CLEARED      AND SPOILED AREAS, COMPLETE THE RESTORATION/MITIGATION       MEASURES WITHIN 270 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE ORDER, SUBMIT     A REPORT WITHIN 5 DAYS OF THE FINAL COMPLETION THAT IN-      CLUDES A WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD CONFIRMING THAT     RESTORATION/MITIGATION MEASURES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, COM-    PLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE AO, AND OBTAIN A COE 404 PERMIT    PRIOR TO ANY FURTHER DISCHARGES.

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