3/27/2012 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED.
ON 11/1/11, EPA AND KDEP PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION (CSWEI) AT CAMPBELL COUNTY'S DEVELOPMENT TO EVALUATE THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF STORMWATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CWA, THE REGS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AT 40 CFR 122.26 AND THE KDEP PERMIT.
DURING THE CSWEI, THE EPA INSPECTOR OBSERVED:
A. SEDIMENT IN A TRIBUTARY TO POND CREEK THAT BEGINS FLOWING AT THE BASE OF A SOIL STOCKPILE ON THE DEVELOPMENT. THE TRIBUTARY FLOWS APPROX 500 FEET OFF-SITE INTO POND CREEK. SEDIMENT WAS OBSERVED IN AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE 500 FEET OF THE TRIBUTARY AND DOWNSTREAM BEYOND THE POINT OF ITS CONFLUENCE WITH POND CREEK.
NUMEROUS EROSION PREVENTION MEASURES, SEDIMENT CONTORL MEASURES, AND BEST MGMT PRACTICES (BMPs) WERE NOT MAINTAINED IN AN EFFECTIVE OPERATING CONDITION THROUGHOUT THE DEVLEOPMENT AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT AND DEMONSTRATED BY THE DISCHARGE OF SEDIMENT INTO A TRIBUTARY OF POND CREEK, INCLUDING: (1) THE CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE NEEDED TO BE MAINTAINED AND REDRESSED AS SEDIMENT WAS TRACKED OFF-SITE ONTO OLD US 27; (2) THE EXISTING DETECTION AREA LOCATED DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRAILER NEEDED STABILIZATION AND SILT FENCE MAINTENANCE. THERE WERE EROSION RILLS ALONG THE WESTERN BANK, DAMAGED SILT FENCING AT THE BASE OF THE BANK AND ACCUMULATED SEDIMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DETENTION POND; (3) SILT FENCING THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND AROUND THE PERIMETER WAS IN NEED OF MAINTENNACE OR REPLACEMEN