EPA v. Macasinag, Arturo (Dr.)

Case summary

11/13/03 - CEASE AND DESIST ORDER ISSUED. RESPONDENT CAUSED THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS AND WATER OF THE U.S. WITHOUT APPLICABLE CWA PERMITS. THE UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES WERE CONDUCTED IN WATERS OF THE U.S. ADJACENT TO BIG LAKE, WHICH IS TRIBUTARY TO THE WACCAMAW RIVER, BEHIND A HOME LOCATED AT 932 COX FERRY CIRCLE, NEAR THE CITY OF CONWAY, SC. ORDER REQUIRES: RESPONDENT SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE PARTICIPATING IN, CAUSING, OR ALLOWING ANY ADDITIONAL DISCHARGES OF ANY DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE AREA. RESPONDENT SHALL SUBMIT A RESTORATION PLAN TO EPA DESCRIBING THE SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN, INCLUDING APPROPRIATE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs) TO BE EMPLOYED, TO RESTORE THE DISCHARGE AREA TO PRE-PROJECT ELEVATIONS AND VEGETATIVE CONDITION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS ORDER. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE ANY MODIFICATION TO THE RESTORATION PLAN DIRECTED BY EPA AND IMPLEMENT THE RESTORATION PLAN AS APPROVED OR MODIFIED BY EPA. RESPONDENT SHALL COMPLETE RESTORATION OF THE DISCHARGE AREA WIHTIN 45 DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF AN EPA APPROVED RESTORATION PLAN. WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIPT OF THIS ORDER, RESPONDENT SHALL INFORM EPA WHETHER THEY INTEND TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER

Defendants (1)

• MACASINAG, ARTURO (DR.)Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WETLANDS (DR. ARTURO MACASINAG)

  932 COX FERRY CIRCLE (ADJ. TO BIG LAKE), CONWAY, SC, 29626

  Registry ID: 110017346763

Statutes cited

• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• MACASINAG, ARTURO (DR.) (CEASE & DESIST ORDER)entered 2003-11-13

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2003-11-13Final Order Issued
• 2004-02-19Enforcement Action Data Entered