9/14/12 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. BASF FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE PERMIT AND FOR DISCHARGES NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE PERMIT.
ORDER REQUIRES:
BEGINNING MONTHLY WITHIN 30 DAYS, OR DURING A QUALIFYING RAIN EVENT, UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM FROM THE GENERAL REFUSE LANDFILL, BASF SHALL SAMPLE DISCHARGES FORM STORM WATER OUTFALL NO. 5 AND RECORD REAINFALL DATA. SAMPLING MUST BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 4.2.1 OF THE PERMIT. EACH SAMPLE SHALL BE ANALYZED FOR TSS, TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, NH3-H, NITRATE-NITRITE, ORGANIC NITROGEN, pH AND TEMPERATURE; AND THE DURATION, AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND ESTIMATE OF TOTAL VOLUME DISCHARGED FOR THAT RAIN EVENT SHALL BE RECORDED. BY DEC 15, 2012, BASF SHALL COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF A DIVERSION SYSTEM FROM THE GENERAL REFUSE LANDFILL TO REDIRECT DISCHARGES TO THE NPDES PERMITTED TREATMENT SYSTEM.
WITHIN 30 DAYS, BASF SHALL MODIFY THE SWP3 TO INCLUDE:
- ASSESSMENT OF ALL POTENTIAL POLLUTANT SOURCES FROM THE GENERAL REFUSE LANDFILL, INCLUDNG IDENTIFICATION AND INVENTORY OF ALL MATERIALS POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO PRECIPITATION;
- A DETAILED SITE MAP INDICATING THE OUTLINE OF EACH DRAINAGE AREA TO ITS CORRESPONDING STORM WTAER OUTFALL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE GENERAL REFUSE LANDFILL. SUCH DELINEATION SHOULD INCLUDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE 175-ACRE INDUSTRIAL, PRODUCTION AND PROCESS AREAS AND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE 570-ACRE AREA COVERED BY THE PERMIT;
- DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF APPROPRIATE BMPs F