10/7/10 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. ON MARCH 10, 2010, EPA AND SCDHEC PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE EVALUATION INSPECTION (CEI) OF THE FACILITY TO EVALUATE THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF MANURE WASTEWATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CWA. ON MAY 3 AND 4, 2010, EPA CONDUCTED A CSI AT THE FACILITY. AS A RESULT OF THE CEI AND CSI, AND REVIEW OF RECORDS AND INFO SUBMITTED BY MAYER FARMS, EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING:
A. CORN AND SORGHYM SILAGE (DOUBLE CROP) HAD BEEN PLANTED FROM JULY 24, 2009 TO NOV 5, 2009 AT TRACT 601 FIELD 16 (601-E), WHICH IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 6.1 OF THE WMP.
B. AT TRACT 601 FIELD 16 (601-E), SORGHUM WAS PLANTED ON JULY 24, 2009, AND HARVESTED ON NOV 5, 2009; THE FIELD DID NOT HAVE CROP COVER UNTIL CORN WAS PLANTED AGAIN IN APR 1, 2010; AND THE FIELD WAS IRRIGATED WITH LAGOON LIQUID ON AT LEAST 6 SEPARATE DAYS (NOV 10-11, 2009; DEC 20-21 2009; AND FEB 5-6, 2010) BETWEEN THE SORGHUM HARVEST AND THE FOLLOWING CORN PLANTING, TOTALING 5,184,000 GALLONS. THESE NUTRIENT APPLICATIONS WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 5.2.2 OF THE WMP.
C. MAYER FARMS APPLIED 290 POUNDS PER ACREE PER YR OF NITROGEN TO ITS CORN CROPS AT TRACT 601 FIELD 16 (601-E_ FROM MAY 2, 2009 TO MARCH 2, 2010, WHICH IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SEC 6.8 OF THE WMP.
D. MAYER FARMS DID NOT CONDUCT ANNUAL SOIL TESTING AT TRACT 601 FIELD 16 (601-E) IN 2009, WHICH IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SEC 7.4 OF THE WMP.
E. THE WATER LEVEL GAUGE IN THE FACILITY'S LAGOON 1 INDICATED THE LIQ