EPA v. EASTERN HYDROELECTRIC CORP.
Case summary
EXCAVATION OF THE RIVER BOTTOM AND RIVER BANK AND DISCHARGES OF DREDGED MATERIAL WRE OBSERVED BELOW THE OLD JULIETTE MILLING COMPANY ON THE WEST BANK OF THE OCMULGEE RIVER. MATERIAL WAS EXCAVATED FROM THE RIVER BOTTOM TO CONSTRUCT A COFFERDAM IN ORDER TO PERFORM WORK BELOW THE ORDINARY WATER LINE OF THE OCMULGEE RIVER. DISCHARGES OF SEDIMENT LADEN, HIGHLY TURBID WATER WERE OBSERVED BEING PUMPED FROM THE COFFERDAM INTO TEH RIVER.
Defendants (1)
- EASTERN HYDROELECTRIC CORP.
Statutes cited
- CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 1999-08-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 1999-10-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 23373
- Case number
- 04-1999-0518
- 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 04-1999-0518 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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