7/25/08 - COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED. ON 11/13/07, EPA AND MDEQ AND THE CITY OF RIDGELAND PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORM WATER EVALUATION INSPECTION (CSWEI) AT THE SITE. AS A RESULT, EPA DETERMINATED THAT STORMWATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF SEC 204(p) OF THE CWA AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS. DURING THE CSWEI, EPA OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING:
A. SOME BMPs SPECIFIED IN THE SWPPP WERE NOT INSTALLED, AND OTHER BMPs SPECIFIED IN THE SWPPP HAD BEEN INSTALLED WERE WERE LATER REMOVED:
1) SWPPP SPECIFIED THAT SILT FENCE WILL BE INSTALLED ON ALL SLOPES AND BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT AND HOGG CREEK. NO SILT FENCING WAS IN PLACE AT THE SOIL STOCKPILE AREA, THE SLOPE AREA, OR BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG HOGG CREEK. SECTION ACT 6, CONDITIONS T-1 AND T09 OF THE PERMIT REQUIRES THE OWNER OR OPERATOR, IN DISTURBING AN ARE TO IMPLEMENT CONTROLS AS SPECIFIED IN THE SWPPP TO PREVENT EROSION AND ADVERSE IMPACTS TO STATE WATERS.
2) 4 SEDIMENT BASINS WERE TAKEN OUT AND LATER FILLED UP TO GRADE DURING FINAL GRADING. NO EQUIVALENT, BACCKUP OR TEMPORARY CONTROLS WERE IN PLACE TO MEET THE MINIMUM PERMIT DESIGN REQUIREMENT OF 3,600 CUBIC FEET OF SEDIMENT BASIN STORAGE PER ACRE DRAINED. SEC ACT6, CONDITION T-4(3) OF THE PERMIT REQUIRES THAT APPROPRIATE BMPs INCLUDING SEDIMENT BASIN PROVIDING AT LEAST 3,600 CUBIC FEET OF STORAGE PER ACRE DRAINED SHALL BE PROVIDED UNTIL FINAL STABILIZATION OF THE SITE. ALSO, NEOPOLIS DEVELOPMENT GROU