EPA v. WRIGHT BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

Case summary

4/19/06 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER. ORDER ALLEGES: COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 2005 TO FEBRUARY 2006, RESPONDENT, OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATEIAL INTO THE STREAMS ON THE SITE USING EARTH-MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION ON U.S. HIGHWAY 76. RESPONDENT IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 600 LINEAR FEET OF TWO UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES OF JONES BRANCH AND APPROXIMATELY 100 LINERAR FEET OF JONES BRANCH, A TRIBUTARY OF LAKE BURTON, WHICH IS AN IMPOUNDMENT OFTHE TALLULAH RIVER. THE TALLULAH RIVER IS A TRIBUTARY TO THE TUGALOO RIVER, WHICH FLOWS INTO LAKE HARTWELL, AN IMPOUNDMENT OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER, A NAVIGABLE IN-FACT WATE OF THE UNITED STATES. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM JANUARY 2005 TO FEBRUARY 2006, DID THE RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER SECTION 404.

Defendants (1)

• WRIGHT BROTHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANYNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• WETLANDS (WRIGHT BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY)

  PERSIMMON ROAD, CLAYTON, GA, 30525

  Registry ID: 110020900532

• WETLANDS (WRIGHT BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY)

  PERSIMMON ROAD, CLAYTON, GA, 30525

  Registry ID: 110020900532

Statutes cited

• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WRIGHT BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.entered 2006-04-19

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2006-04-19Final Order Issued
• 2006-07-20Enforcement Action Data Entered