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MR. BURON GRIFFIN, BURON GRIFFIN FARMS, INC.

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 39941

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Case

Case Number
06-2000-0315
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Defendants (2)

Summary

1. SECTION 309(A) OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT ( CWA ), 33 U.S.C. SECTION 1319(A). 2. MR. BURON GRIFFIN BURON GRIFFIN FARMS, INC. FACILITY: SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST HELENA, PHILLIPS COUNTY, ARKANSAS 72342 3. RESPONDENTS WERE IN VIOLATION OF SECTIONS 301 AND 404 OF THE CWA BY: A) RESPONDENT DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL, BY MEANS OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT, INTO APPROXIMATELY 4.2 ACRES OF WETLANDS WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OF A COE 404 PERMIT. 4. RELIEF SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SECTION 309(A) OF THE CWA, EPA ISSUED THE RESPONDENT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER (AO) THAT REQUIRED THE RESPONDENT TO: A) WITHIN 30 DAYS, RESTORE THE WETLANDS BY: 1) IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ANY DREDGE AND FILL MATERIAL DISCHARGES; 2) REVEGATION OF THE IMPACTED AREA BY PLANTING AT LEAST 200 TREES PER ACRE; AND 3) TO PREVENT EQUIPMENT FROM ENTERING THE WETLAND BOUNDARY, STAKE THE AREA WITH METAL FENCE POSTS, OR A REASONABLE E- QUIVALENT, EVERY 100 FEET.

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