EPA v. O.L. THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.

Case summary

6/7/18 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. ORDER STATES: COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT JUNE 2015 TO THE PRESENT. RESPONDENT AND/OR THOSE ACTING ON BEHALF OF RESPONDENT DISCHARGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE SITE USING TRACK HOES AND BULLDOZERS DURING UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH SAND AND GRAVEL MINING. TO DATE, THE UNAUTHORIZED DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL REMAINS IN THESE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. RESPONDENT'S UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IMPACTED APPROXIMATELY 0.95 ACRES OF PINE DOMINATED FORESTED WETLANDS ABUTTING THE EDISTO RIVER, A TNW. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM JUNE 2015 TO PRESENT, DID RESPONDENT POSSESS A PERMIT UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CWA, AUTHORIZING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL BY RESPONDENT.

Defendants (1)

• O.L. THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION, CO., INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WETLANDS

  WIRE ROAD, RIDGEVILLE, SC, 29472

  Registry ID: 110070248063

Statutes cited

• CWA 404 — Permits for Dredge and Fill Material

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• O.L. THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION CO.M INC.entered 2018-06-07

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2018-06-07Final Order Issued
• 2018-06-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2022-04-13Enforcement Action Closed