RESPONDENTS OWN, POSSESS, OR CONTROL PROPERTIES EXTENDING FROM TURKEY CREEK ROAD ON THE SOUTH TO LOWER FAYETTEVILLE ROAD ONTHE NORTH AND CROSSING BIG POPLAR ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE OF NEWNAN, GA. ON OR ABOUT JULY 22, 1997, A REP. FROM THE ARMY COE OBSERVED THE DISCHARGE ARE IN ORDER TO VERIFY THE WETLAND DELINEATION FOR THE PROJECT. THE COE FOUND THAT A 300-FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY HAD ALREADY BEEN CLEARED AND PARTIALLY GRADED FOR THE ROAD, WETLANDS THAT HAD NOT BEEN DELINEATED BY THE RESPONDENT HAD BEEN IMPACTED AND THAT THERE WERE INADEQUATE SEDIMENT AND EROSION CONTROL MEASURES FOR THE SITE. THE COE ALSO NOTED THAT RECENT HEAVY RAINS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE MOVEMENT OF SOIL FROM THE DISCHARGE AREA TO ADJACENT STREAMS AND WETLANDS. EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENTS CONDUCTED LAND CLEARING AND EXCAVATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ACTIVITIES USING EQUIPMENT SUCH AS EARTH MOVING