# ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - WHITE CYPRESS BAYOU
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37143`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0313
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $6K
- **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 - WHITE CYPRESS BAYOU           .5 MILES NORTH FROM BRIGNAC, ASCENSION PARISH                DONALDSONVILLE, 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. (WETLANDS ADJACENT TO WHITE CYPRESS BAYOU) WITH-    OUT 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 DISCHARGED DREDGED/    FILL MATERIAL AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF PRE-PROJECT SURFACE    CONTOURS, WATER REGIME AND VEGETATIVE COVER ON ALL CLEAR-    ED AND SPOIL 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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