6/16/14 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. THIS AOC PERTAINS TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. IMPACTING APPROX 850 LINEAR FEET OF MOBLEY CREEK WHICH IS A TRIBUTARY TO HORN CREEK, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. THE UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OCCURRED ON PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF WALKER ROAD AND STATE ROUTE 23 IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SC. THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL OCCURRED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RECREATIONAL IMPOUNDMENT CONSTRUCTED BY MR. BERT STOREY. SUBSEQUENT TO THE DEPOSITION OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL BY MR. STOREY, THE IMPOUNDMENT AND ADJACENT UPLANDS WERE PURCHASED BY MR. GEORGE THORNTON, WHO IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY ON NOV 22, 2011 AND FOUND UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES OF FILL MATERIAL IN JURISDICTIONAL WATERS OF THE U.S. UNDER THE MEMO OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPS AND EPA CONCERNING FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT FOR THE SECTION 404 PROGRAM OF THE CWA DATED JAN 19, 1989, THE CORPS FORWARDED THE CWA ENFORCEMENT CASE FILE TO EPA ON FEB 1, 2012, REQUESTING THAT EPA RESOLVE THE ENFORCEMENT MATTER.
MR. BERT STOREY OR PERSONS ACTING ON HIS BEHALF, DEPOSITED FILL MATERIAL ON THE SITE IN JURISDICTIONAL WATERS OF THE U.S. FROM MAR 10, 2007, THRU FEB 22, 2008. MR. THORNTON PURCHASED THE SITE WHICH INCLUDED THE IMPOUNDMENT ON MOBLEY CREEK FROM MR. STOREY ON JUNE 30, 2008. MR. THORNTON WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE IMPOUNDMENT WA