EPA v. LOWE, GLENN EDWARD

Case summary

06/25/2015 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL PENALTY ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $12,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT AUG 2010 TO THE PRESENT, RESPONDENT OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT, DISCHARGED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND STREAM USING EARTH MOVING MACHINERY DURING CONSTRUCTION OF AN IN-STREAM IMPOUNDMENT. TO DATE, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN WATERS OF THE U.S. RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 750 LINEAR FEET OF STREAM CHANNEL AND 1.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO DRY BRANCH, A TRIBUTARY OF THE YELLOW 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)

• LOWE, GLENN EDWARDNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WETLANDS (LOWE, GLENN EDWARD)

  WEST OF OLD RIVER ROAD, BAKER, FL, 32531

  Registry ID: 110043468681

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• LOWE, GLENN EDWARDentered 2015-06-25

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $12,500

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2015-06-25Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-06-25Final Order Issued
• 2015-06-29Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2015-08-24Enforcement Action Closed