4/24/13 - ADMINISTRATIVE CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL PENALTY ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $37,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT OCT 2008 TO ON OR ABOUT DEC 2012, RESPONDENT OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE 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 TO CONSTRUCT ROADS, ROOD PLOTS, AND EXCAVATE PONDS WITH SIDE CAST OF DREDGED MATERIAL.
RESPODNENT IMPACTED APPROX 15.6 ACRES OF FORESTED WEETLANDS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE WACCAMAW RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S.
AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM ON OR ABOUT OCT 2009 TO THE PRESENT DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404 AUTHORIZING THE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY RESPONDENT.