EPA v. GATTIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Case summary

04/22/92: RESPONDENT ARLEN GATTIS IS PRESIDENT OF GATTIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. DURING 1990 THE GATTIS CONSTRUCTION WAS CONTRACTED TO BUILD TWIN HOME RESIDENCES IN THE WALDEN POND PHASE B DEVELOPMENT. FOLLOWING INSPECTIONS OF THE SITE ON OCTOBER 29, 1990 AND NOVEMBER 19, 1990 THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE EPA DETERMINED THAT THE SITE CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 4.0 TO 4.5 ACRES OF WETLANDS. BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY JULY AND NOVEMBER 1990, THE GATTIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND OTHER CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS PERFORMED GRADING AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OF WATER AND SEWER LINES AND OTHER UTILITIES, AND CONSTRUCTION OF SIX TWIN HOME DWELLING UNITS IN THE WALDEN POND PHASE B DEVELOPMENT. IN THE COURSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, AT LEAST 3,500 CUBIC YARDS OF DREDGED OR IMPORTED FILL MATERIAL WERE DISCHARGED IN AT LEAST 1.8 ACRES OF THE WETLANDS USING A BACKHOE, A BULLDOZER, AND DUMP TRUCKS.

Defendants (2)

• GATTIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANYNamed in complaint
• GATTIS, ARLENNamed in complaint

Facilities (1)

• RAFTER J. PARTNERS

  220 SOUTH WILLOW, JACKSON, WY, 83001

  Registry ID: 110010648362

Statutes cited

• CWA 309 — Violation of Existing AO

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1991-10-21Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 1991-10-21Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 1991-10-21Enforcement Action Closed