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ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - CHRISTIE BAYOU

Administrative - Formal · FY1997 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 37145

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Case

Case Number
06-1997-0315
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. ASCENSION PARISH POLICE JURY - CHRISTIE BAYOU 2 MILES NORTH FROM DUPLESSIE, ASCENSION PARISH DONALDSONVILLE, ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA 70346 3. RESPONDENT WAS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA BY DISCHARGING DREDGED AND FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. (WETLANDS ADJACENT TO CHRISTIE BAYOU) WITHOUT A COE 404 PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) ORDERING THE RESPOND- ENT TO IMMEDIATELY IMPLEMENT WETLAND RESTORATION MEASURES TO REVERSE THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF THE DISCHARGED DREDGED/ FILL MATERIAL, REMOVE ALL DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF PRE-PROJECT SURFACE CON- TOURS, WATER REGIME AND VEGETATIVE COVER ON ALL OF THE CLEARED AND SPOILED AREAS, COMPLETE THE RESTORATION/MITI- GATION MEASURES WITHIN 270 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE ORDER, SUBMIT A REPORT WITHIN 5 DAYS OF THE FINAL COMPLETION THAT INCLUDES A WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD CONFIRM- ING THAT THE RESTORATION/MITIGATION MEASURES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE AO, AND OBTAIN A COE 404 PERMIT PRIOR TO ANY FURTHER DISCHARGES.

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