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Chesapeake, VA: (Nov-02-07) The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) brought charges against six defendants, Sea Bay Development Corp., Beechtree Park, Inc., Green Sea Farms, LLC, Elwood H. Perry, Frank T. Williams' Farms, Inc., and Ferrell's Backhoe Service, Inc., alleging that the defendants discharged and/or controlled and directed the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States at an approximately 1,560-acre property in Chesapeake, VA, without a permit.
As part of a settlement reached, the US Department of Justice announced that Perry and Ferrell's Backhoe Service, Inc. agreed to pay a civil penalty of $65,000 to the United States. The consent decree for Frank T. Williams' Farms, Inc. requires payment of a civil penalty of $35,000 to the United States. The consent decree for Sea Bay Development Corp., Beechtree Park, Inc. and Green Sea Farms, LLC requires restoration and mitigation on approximately 873 acres of wetlands on the site, which will be preserved in perpetuity under a conservation easement or deed restriction. Additionally, the agreement requires the discharge of dredged or fill material in the remainder of the Sea Bay Site, subject to certain limitations. [YOSEMITE EPA: FILL MATERIALS]
Published on Nov-5-07
As part of a settlement reached, the US Department of Justice announced that Perry and Ferrell's Backhoe Service, Inc. agreed to pay a civil penalty of $65,000 to the United States. The consent decree for Frank T. Williams' Farms, Inc. requires payment of a civil penalty of $35,000 to the United States. The consent decree for Sea Bay Development Corp., Beechtree Park, Inc. and Green Sea Farms, LLC requires restoration and mitigation on approximately 873 acres of wetlands on the site, which will be preserved in perpetuity under a conservation easement or deed restriction. Additionally, the agreement requires the discharge of dredged or fill material in the remainder of the Sea Bay Site, subject to certain limitations. [
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