9/17/09 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT FILED, PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $177,500.
ALLEGATIONS:
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT NOV 20, 2002, RESPONDENT OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEARING AND FILLING OF WETLANDS FOR A LAKE. RESPONDENT IMPACTED APPROX 18 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND AN ADJACENT STREAM IN CHINNERS SWAMP, WHICH ARE NAVIGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S. CHINNERS SWAMP IS A TRIBUTARY OF THE LITTLE PEE DEE RIVER. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT THE SITE FROM NOV 2002 TO THE PRESENT, DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA SEC 404 AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY RESPONDENT NOR DID THOSE ACTIVITIES QUALIFY FOR A PERMITTING EXEMPTION UNDER CWA SEC 404.
8/5/2010 - FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $30,000.