EPA v. JIM SOUTHERN

Case summary

NATURE OF THE CASE: THIS IS A PROPOSED CIVIL ACTION JIM SOUTHERN, HARDIN COUNTY, TENN, FOR VIOL OF SEC 1311(A) (DISCHARGING DREDGE & FILL MATERIALS INTO WATERS W/O A CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMIT UNDER SEC 404.) THE DEF HAS UNDERTAKEN AN EXTEN- SIVE CHANNELIZATION PROJECT IN CHAMBERS CREEK, A TRIBU- TARY OF THE TENN RIVER. THIS ACTIVITY HAS RESULTED IN DISCHARGE OF DREDGED &/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO CHAMBERS CREEK, WATERS OF THE US, & INTO AN ADJACENT WETLAND OF APPROX 66 ACRES, WHICH ALSO CONSTITUTE WATERS OF THE US. DEF'S ACTIVITIES HAVE RESULTED IN THE CONVERSION OF THE 66 ACRES OF WETLAND TO A FARMING OPERATION -- A USE TO WHICH IT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBJECT.

Defendants (1)

• JIM SOUTHERNNamed in complaint

Facilities (1)

• SOUTHERN JIM SITE AT CHAMBER C

  PICKWICK RD TN HWY 57, COUNCE, TN, 38326

  Registry ID: 110010703658

Statutes cited

• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Timeline (6 milestones)

• 1982-07-08Referred To Headquarters
• 1982-08-06Referred To Dept Of Justice
• 1982-11-04Referred TO U.S. Attorney
• 1982-11-15Complaint Filed With Court
• 1987-03-16Concluded
• 1995-01-04Enforcement Action Closed