EPA v. LEE, ROBERT (LANYARD DEVELOPMENT)

Case summary

4/22/2014 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $5,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: THE DISCHARGE AREA IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOWLES ROAD AND JIMMY DELOACH PARKWAY IN CHATHAM COUNTY, GA. ROBERT LEE WAS THE OWNER AND/OR OPERATOR OF THE SITE. COMMENCING 2012 AND 2013, RESPONDENT, OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WETLANDS ON THE SITE USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY, DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLEARING AND FILLING OF WETLANDS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. RESPONDENT IMPACTED APPROX 1 ACRE OF WETLANDS THAT ABUT AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY WITHIN THE WALTHOUR SWAMP WHICH CONNECTS TO THE ST. AUGUSTINE CREEK, WHICH IS A PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER, A NAVIGABLE-IN-FACT WATER OF THE U.S. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404.

Defendants (1)

• LEE, ROBERTNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LANYARD DEVELOPMENT

  TOWLES ROAD & JIMMY BELOACH BLVD., POOLER, GA, 31322

  Registry ID: 110055641747

Statutes cited

• CWA 301 — NPDES Discharge without a Permit
• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LEE, ROBERT (LANYARD DEVELOPMENT)entered 2014-04-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $5,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-04-22Final Order Issued
• 2014-04-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2014-05-13Enforcement Action Closed
• 2014-06-05Enforcement Action Data Entered