4/8/14 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND WATERS OF THE U.S. INCLUDING APPROX 2.795 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS ADJACENT TO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO THE SATILLA RIVER ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 341, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HULETTE WOOTEN FARMS ROAD, SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF HAZLEHURST, IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, GA. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WOOD PELLET PLANT.
THE RESPONDENT AT ALL TIMES RELEVANT TO THIS AOC WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED SOUTH OF U.S. HWY 341, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HULETT WOOTEN FARMS ROAD, SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF HAZLEHURST, IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY, GEORGIA THAT CONTAINED THE DISCHARGE AREA.
COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT OCT 1, 2013, RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WOOD PELLET PLANT. CURRENTLY, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S.
RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 2.795 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS ADJACENT TO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO THE SATILLA RIVER.
THE DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL, INCLUDING TREE STUMPS AND EARTHEN MATERIAL DEPOSITED AT