9/10/10 - ADMIN ORDER ISSUED.
ON NOV 2, 2009, EPA AND TDEC PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION (CSWEI) AT SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL'S DEVELOPMENT
A. SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS FAILED TO RETAIN A SWPPP ONSITE AND/OR FAILED TO POST NEAR THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE THE LOCATION OF THE SWPPP.
B. SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS FAILED TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT RECORDS PERTAINING TO MAJOR GRADING ACTIVITIES AND PERFORM PERIODIC INSPECTIONS. SPECIFICALLY, SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS FAILED TO DOCUMENT THE OUTFALL POINTS, VEHICLE ENTRANCE AND EXIT, SCOPE OF INSPECTIONS, AND PERSONNEL CONDUCTING INSPECTIONS.
C. SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS FAILED TO PROPERLY OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ALL FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS OF TREATMENT AND CONTROL. SPECIFICALLY:
- 1. SILT FENCES SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT WERE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. A SECTION OF THE SILT FENCE ON THE WEST SIDE HAD BEEN TOPPLED BY A FALLEN TREE. SILT FENCE IN THE OUTFALL CHANNEL HAD FAILED AND WAS IN NEED OF REPAIR. DESIGN CAPACITIES OF SOME SECTIONS OF SILT FENCING HAD BEEN REDUCED BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT. PERMIT STATES SEDIMENT SHOULD BE REMOVED WHEN DESIGN CAPACITY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 50 PERCENT.
- 2. MANY OF THE STREET STORMWATER (SW) DRAINS AND GRATES THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT PROTECTION.
- 3. VELOCITY DISSIPATION DEVICES WERE NEEDED AT OUTFALLS TO PREVENT FURTHER EROSION OF THE CHANNEL WHICH WAS RESULTING IN SEDIMENT LOSS.
- 4. SEDIMENT BASIN HAD NEITHER A RISER PIPE NOR AN OVERFLOW