THIS IS A UNILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO SECTION 309A OF THE CWA, ISSUED AGAINST THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO FOR WORK PERFORMED AT GAZOS CREEK THAT WAS IN VIOLATION OF CWA SECTION 404 (WETLANDS). THE COUNTY CONDUCTED UNAUTHORIZED FILLING AND DREDGING ACTIVITIES IN GAZOS CREEK WHILE REMOVING LOGS THAT HAD WASHED INTO THE CREEK DURING RAINSTORMS IN THE WINTER (JANUARY) AND SPRING OF 1998. RESTORATION WAS ORDERED TO RESTORE THE HABITAT TO PRE-DISTURBED CONDITIONS, MEANING THAT THE AREA WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT CREEK HABITAT FOR THE RED-LEGGED FROG AND FOR COHO AND STEELHEAD SALMON, ALL OF WHICH ARE ENDANGERED SPECIES.