09/22/2011 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED.
ON MARCH 1, 2011, EPA AND NCDENR PERFORM A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION (CSWEI). DURING THE CSWEI, EPA OBSERVED:
A. THE PLAN WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED AS APPROVED AND DID NOT NOTE PLAN DEVIATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT. CONTROL MEASURES TO BLOCK OFF THE PREEXISTING CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE/EXIT ON THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE SITE NEAR SWEETEN CREEK ROAD WERE NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY; 3 DISCHARGE OUTFALL LOCATIONS WERE OBSERVED DURING THE INSPECTION THAT WERE NOT ON THE PLAN. 2 OF THESE OUTFALLS DISCHARGED TO THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO SWEETEN CREEK ON THE NORTHERN PERIMETER OF THE SITE AND 1 DISCHARGED ALONG THE EASTERN PERIMETER OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
B. BUILDING WASTE MATERIAL WAS NOT PROPERLY DISPOSED OF AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT. CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS WAS OBSERVED MIXED IN WITH A SOIL STOCKPILE ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
C. INSPECTION RECORDS WERE NOT MAINTAINED ON SITE BY THE PERMITTEE AS REQUIRED. HOWEVER INSPECTION REPORTS PROVIDED VIA E-MAIL INDICATED THAT INSPECTIONS COMMENCED ON JAN 1, 2011.
D. BMPs WERE NOT INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED AND CONTROL MEASURES DID NOT MINIMIZE THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANT AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT. SPECIFICALLY, PERIMETER SILT FENCING WAS OBSERVED IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE OF THE NORTHERN, SOUTHERN, AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT INLET PROTECTION WAS IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE ON THE NORTHER AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT; STABILIZATION WAS NEEDED ALONG THE