# WAGNER & FRAMSTAD
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Default Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `53991`
- **Case Number:** 10-1984-0010
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Default Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $25K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- FRAMSTAD, WAYNE (complaint) (settlement)
- WAGNER, RICHARD (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

RICHARD WAGNER & WAYNE FRAMSTAD ( DEFENDANTS ) JOINTLY   OWN PROPERTY ADJACENT TO BIG LAKE, NEAR WASILLA, AK, ABOUT   30 MI NW OF ANCHORAGE.  ABOUT 2.75 ACRES OF THAT PROPERTY,   BORDERING BIG LAKE CONSISTED OF VALUABLE WETLANDS THAT       SUPPORTED SHOREBIRDS, SMALL MAMMALS & COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT SALMON FISHERIES.  BEGINNING SOMETIME BETWEEN 8-78 & 9-81,   DEFENDANTS BEGAN PLACING FILL MATERIAL ONTO THOSE WETLANDS.  BY EARLY 1983 THE WETLANDS HAD BEEN COMPLETELY FILLED.  THE  PURPOSE OF THE FILL WAS TO MAKE THE LAND SUITABLE FOR SUB-   DIVISION & RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.                                  DISCHARGES OF FILL MATERIAL TO THE WETLANDS ( WATERS OF  THE UNITED STATES  UNDER CWA, 33 U.S.C., 1251 ET SEQ.)       IS UNLAWFUL UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY PERMIT OR REGULATION OF     USA-COE PURSUANT TO404 OF CWA, 33 U.S.C., 1344.  DEFENDANTS  HAD NEITHER APPLIED FOR NOR RECEIVED A PERMIT & NO REGULA-   TORY EXEMPTION APPLIED.  DEFENDANT'S VIOLATIONS OF CWA       SUBJECT THEM TO INJUNCTIVE ORDERS & CIVIL PENALTIES UP TO    $10,000/DAY OF VIOLATION.                                        COE FIRST LEARNED OF DEFENDANT'S DISCHARGES TO THE WET-  LANDS IN 2-83.  COE IMMEDIATELY INSPECTED THE WETLANDS &     ISSUED A CEASE & DESIST ORDER.  AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF      MEETING WITH DEFENDANTS, OBTAINING COMMENTS FROM OTHER       AGENCIES & EVALUATING THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FILL, COE     CONDLUDED DEFENDANTS WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE FILL MATERIAL. EPA REGION 10 & OTHER FEDERAL, STATE & L

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