8/5/2010 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED.
ORDER STATES:
ON OCTOBER 29, 2009, EPA SENT AN INFORMATION REQUEST TO MONTGOMERY REGARDING DETAILS ON ALL SSOs THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM MONTOGOMERY'S WCTS OVER THE PAST FIVE (5) YEARS. THE INFORMATION REQUESTED INCLUDED THE VOLUME AND CAUSE OF EACH SSO.
THE RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION REQUEST SUBMITTED TO EPA BY RESPONDENT INDICATES THAT MONTOGOMERY HAD OVER 300 TOTAL SSOs., RESPONDENT FAILED TO ESTIMATE THE VOLUME FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE 300 REPORTED SSOs. IN ADDITION, OVER 75% OF THE SSOs WERE CAUSED BY GREASE.
THE OCCURRENCE OF EACH OF THESE SSOs AND EACH FAILURE TO ESTIMATE VOLUMES ARE VIOLATIONS OF RESPONDENT'S NPDES PERMITS AND THE CWA SECTION 301(a).