EPA v. COUNTY LINE INVESTORS, LLC

Case summary

6/5/18 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. ORDER STATES: COMMENCING ON OR ABOUT MARCH 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 RANTOWLESS CREEK AT TNW. AT NO TIME DURING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED AND/OR FILL MATERIAL INTO THE DISCHARGE AREA FROM MARCH 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. EACH DISCHARGE BY RESPONDENT OF POLLUTANTS INTO NAVIGABLE WATERS WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PERMIT ISSUED UNDER SECTION 404 OF THE CWA, IS A VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(a) OF THE CWA.

Defendants (2)

• COUNTY LINE INVESTORS, LLCNamed in settlement
• VICTOR J. MILLS

Facilities (2)

• COUNTY LINE INV/POPLAR GROVE

  COUNTY LINE RD, RAVENEL, SC, 29470

  Registry ID: 110028275934

• COUNTY LINE INV/POPLAR GROVE

  COUNTY LINE RD, RAVENEL, SC, 29470

  Registry ID: 110028275934

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• COUNTY LINE INVESTORS, LLCentered 2018-06-05

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2018-06-05Final Order Issued
• 2018-06-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2022-03-24Pipeline Closed
• 2022-04-13Enforcement Action Closed