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ASCENSION PARISH POLICY JURY - GEORGE WILLIAMS DITCH

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37147

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Case

Case Number
06-1997-0317
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - GEORGE WILIAMS DITCH 1.5 MILES EAST OF GONZALES, 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 GEORGE WILLIAMS DITCH) 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 DISCHARGED DREDGED/ FILL MATERIAL, REMOVE ALL OF THE DREDGED AND/OR FILL MAT- ERIAL 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- CLUDE A WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD CONFIRMING THAT THE RESTORATION/MITIGATION MEASURES 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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