Total surplus shows the total benefit to society from production and consumption of a good.

Without a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Condos Corporation fills a wetlands area that it owns in preparation for the construction of a housing complex. Under the Clean Water Act, this is most likely

A) a violation.
B) not a violation because a permit is not needed to fill wetlands.
C) not a violation because the area was filled before construction.
D) not a violation because there was no discharge of pollution.