# TULL, E. L. (III)(SOUTH MAIN STREET)
> **Judicial** · FY1983 · — · Combined With Another Case(s)
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `9621`
- **Case Number:** 03-1983-0022
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Combined With Another Case(s)
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- EDWARD LUNN TULL (complaint)
- LOUISE A. TULL (complaint)
## Summary

SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE                                            DESCRIPTION OF DEFENDANT'S PROPERTIES AND BUSINESS      EDWARD LYNN TULL OWNS NUMEROUS PARCELS OF LAND ON CHINCO-    TEAGUE ISLAND, VIRGINIA.  CHINCOTEAGUE IS ONE OF SEVERAL     BARRIER ISLANDS OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST OF VIRGINIA.  MANY    OF THESE PARCELS INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE EXTENSIVE WETLAND   SYSTEMS THAT CHARACTERIZE CHINCOTEAGUE AND SIMILAR BARRIER   ISLANDS.  MR. TULL DEVELOPS LAND FOR RENTAL, SUBDIVISION     AND SALE AS RECREATIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL LOTS, MOBILE HOME   PARKS AND CAMPER SITES.  WHEN THE PROPERTY TO BE DEVELOPED   INCLUDES WETLANDS, MR. TULL HAS THE WETLANDS FILLED WITH     SAND AND OTHER FILL MATERIAL.  THIS CASE INVOLVES FILLING OF SEVERAL ACRES OF UPLAND AND TIDAL WETLANDS AT A LOCATION     KNOWN AS THE  SOUTH MAIN STREET SITE.                             VIOLATIVE CONDUCT:                                        THE PLACEMENT OF FILL MATERIAL IN FEDERALLY-PROTECTED      WETLANDS CONSTITUTES DISCHARGES OF POLLUTANTS TO WATERS OF   THE UNITED STATES.  THESE DISCHARGES WERE UNLAWFUL BECAUSE   NO DREDGE/FILL PERMIT WAS SOUGHT BY MR. TULL NOR ISSUED BY   THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE    CLEAN WATER ACT, 33 U.S.C. 1344.  ALL UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES  ARE PROHIBITED BY SECTION 301 OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT,  33   U.S.C. 1311.                                                      EPA'S AUTHORITY TO BRING AN ACTION:                       EPA IS AUTHORIZED TO BRING A CIVIL A

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