8/26/11 - COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED. THIS ORDER PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 4 ACRES OF FRESHWATER WETLANDS ADJACENT TO AND ABUTTING AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF ROWEL BRANCH, ON PROPERTY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 74/76, WEST OF THE TOWN OF LELAND, BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS WINDSOR PARK.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT NOV 13, 2008 TO THE PRESENT, RESPONDENTS AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENTS, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND TRIBUTARIES ON THE SITE USING EXCAVATORS, BULL DOZERS AND OTHER EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS WINDSOR PARK.
ON NOV 13, 2008, THE U.S. ARMY COE CONDUCTED A SITE INPSECTION AND NOTED THE DISCHARGE OR DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO APPROX 2 ACRES OF JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND TRIBUTARIES ON THE SITE W/OUT A PERMIT. ON DEC 12, 2008, THE COE ISSUED A LETTER TO THE RESPONDENTS REQUIRING RESPONDENTS TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM ANY FURTHER WORK IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
ON JAN 26, 2011, EPA AND COE CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE DISCHARGE AREA AND DISCHARGES OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO APPROX 2 ADDITIONAL ACRES OF JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. WERE OBSERVED DURING THE INSPECTI