# COUNTY OF ELKO
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53003`
- **Case Number:** 09-1998-0127
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- COUNTY OF ELKO (complaint)
## Summary

IN 1995 A FLOOD WASHED OUT A FOREST SERVICE ROAD NEXT TO THE JARBIDGE RIVER IN HUMBOLDT NATIONAL FOREST NEAR JARBIDGE,    NEVADA. IN JULY OF 1998, THE COUNTY OF ELKO, NEVADA SENT A   ROAD REPAIR CREW TO REBUILD THE WASHED OUT PORTION OF THE    FOREST SERVICE ROAD. IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT THE      REPAIRS, THE ELKO COUNTY CREW EXCAVATED A NEW CHANNEL FOR    A SECTION OF THE JARBIDGE RIVER, THUS DIVERTING THE RIVER    TO A NEW COURSE. THE OLD RIVER COURSE, AND THE WASHED OUT    PORTION OF THE SERVICE ROAD WERE FILLED IN WITH DIRT AND     ROCK. THESE ACTIONS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF       FILL MATERIAL BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE JARBIDGE RIVER       AND AN ADJACENT WETLAND. THE COUNTY OF ELKO DID NOT HAVE     A PERMIT TO DIVERT THE RIVER OR TO DISCHARGE FILL. THIS      REFERRAL ASKS THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FILE CIVIL        JUDICIAL ACTION AGAINST THE COUNTY OF ELKO SEEKING BOTH      PENALTIES AND AN INJUNCTIVE ORDER.

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