EPA v. GLOVER REAL ESTATE, INC. AND ROBERT (BOBBY) GLOVER

Case summary

5/22/18 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY $125,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JULY 2014 UNTIL LATE 2014, RESPONDENTS, AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENTS, DISCHARGE DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. ON THE SITE, WITHOUT A PERMIT, USING A TRACK HOE, A BOX-BLADE TRACTOR, AND A MINI-EXCAVATOR, DURING UNAUTHORIZED DREDGE AND FILL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CLEARING, FILLING AND EXCAVATING WETLANDS AND STREAMS TO EXPAND TWO FORESTRY ROADS (A AND B), BUILD WATERFOWL IMPOUNDMENTS AND/OR IRRIGATION PONDS, CLEAR LOGGING DEBRIS AND BEAVER DAMS, AND CONSTRUCT MULTIPLE WATER CONTROL STRUCTURES. THESE VIOLATIONS RESULTED IN IMPOUNDING WATER OVER MANY DOZENS OF ACRES OF HARVESTED FORESTED WETLANDS AND PERENNIAL STREAMS. CURRENTLY THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN THESE WATERS OF THE U.S. RESPONDENTS' UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROX 5 ACRES OF WETLANDS THAT ARE PART OF A WETLAND COMPLEX THAT ABUTS THE COOSAWHATCHIE RIVER AND 1300 LINEAR FEET OF AN UNNAMED PERENNIAL TRIBUTARY OF THE COOSAWHATCHIE RIVER, A NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL AT THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM JULY 204 TO LATE 2014, DID RESPONDENTS POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER CWA 404, AUTHORIZING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE AREA BY RESPONDENTS. EACH DISCHARGE BY RESPONDENTS OF POLLUTANTS INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PERMIT ISSUED UNDER CWA 404.

Defendants (2)

• GLOVER, ROBERT (BOBBY)Named in complaintNamed in settlement
• GLOVER REAL ESTATE, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BOBBY GLOVER SITE

  STATE ROAD S-27-53, COOSAWHATCHIE, SC, 29936

  Registry ID: 110069436710

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GLOVER REAL ESTATE, INC. AND ROBERT (BOBBY) GLOVERentered 2018-05-22

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $125,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2018-05-22Final Order Issued
• 2018-05-22Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2018-06-07Enforcement Action Closed
• 2018-06-28Enforcement Action Data Entered