# ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - LAUREL RIDGE LEVEE
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37142`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0312
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $9K
- **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 - LAUREL RIDGE LEVEE            5.5 MILES EASTERLY FROM GONZALES, ASCENSION PARISH           DONALDSONVILLE, ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA 70346         3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA     BY DISCHARGING DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS      OF THE U.S. (WETLANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAUREL RIDGE       LEVEE MODIFIED ALIGNMENT WESTERN END) 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/FILL MATERIAL, REMOVAL OF DISCHARGED DREDGED/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-      LUDES A WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD CONFIRMING THAT      RESTORATION/MITIGATION HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, COMPLY WITH      THE TERMS OF THE AO, AND OBTAIN A COE 404 PERMIT PRIOR TO    ANY FURTHER DISCHARGES.

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