EPA v. TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$10,000
Case summary
RESPONDENT CAUSED TO BE DISCHARGED FILL MATERIAL INTO APPROX. 15 ACRES OF FORESTED WETLANDS IN THE PINY CREEK WATERSHED WITHIN CHICKASAW STATE PARK USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A GOLF COURSE, AND BY FAILURE TO PROPERLY IMPLEMENT AND/OR MAINTAIN EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROLS DURING CONSTRUCTION.
Defendants (1)
- TENNESSEE DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CHICKASAW STATE PARK - PINEY CREEK WATERSHED
PINY CREEK WATERSHED, HENDERSON, TN, 38340
Registry ID: 110010703364
Statutes cited
- CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Enforcement conclusions (1)
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATIentered 1997-08-07
Primary law: CWA
Federal penalty: $10,000 · SEP: $30,000
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 1997-05-28Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1997-08-07Final Order Issued
- 1997-08-28Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 22097
- Case number
- 04-1997-0217
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- WAT
- Branch
- WAT
- EPA region
- 04
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-1997-0217 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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