# ASCENSION PARISH POLICY JURY - GEORGE WILLIAMS DITCH
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `37147`
- **Case Number:** 06-1997-0317
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** $4K
- **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 - 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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