BETWEEN 10/98 AND 7/99, RESPONDENTS AND/OR THEIR AGENTS AND CONTRACTORS DISCHARGED DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS IN THE LIME CREEK WATERSHED IN EAGLE COUNTY, TO CONSTRUCT A TEMPORARY TIMBER ACCESS AND TIMBER HAULING ROAD CONNECTING THE VAIL SKI AREA'S CATEGORY III EXPANSION AREA TO THE LIME CREEK ROAD. EPA AND THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE DISCHARGES WERE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT THE REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION FROM THE CORPS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THIS ORDER ARE REMEDIAL, NOT PUNITIVE AND ARE NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE CWA'S OBJECTIVES. THE REMOVAL, RESTORATION AND STABILIZATION REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER IS NECESSARY TO RETURN THE WETLANDS TO THEIR ORIGINAL FUNCTION.