# CAMDEN USA, INC. AND CAMDEN DEVELOPMENT, INC.  (CAMDEN PACES)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2013 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3400157951`
- **Case Number:** 04-2013-4765
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- CAMDEN DEVELOPMENT, INC. (settlement)
- CAMDEN PACES (settlement)
- CAMDEN USA, INC. (settlement)
## Summary

09/11/2013 - ADMINISTATIVE ORDER ISSUED.  ON JUNE 5, 2013, EPA AND GAEPD PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION AT THE DEVELOPOMENT TO EVALUATE THE TREATMENT OF STORMWATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CWA AND THE PERMIT.  DURING THE CSWEI, EPA IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING THROUGH ITS REVIEW OF DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY RESPONDENTS AND FROM OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE DEVELOPMENT:

A. SILT FENCES NEAR THE CROSSING OF THE EASTERLY UNNAMED STREAM AT THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDED MAINTENANCE OF BOTH THE DOWNSTREAM AND UPSTREAM SIDES OF THE STREAM CROSSING AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.

B. THE SILT FENCE DOWNSTREAM OF CROSSING OF THE EASTERLY UNNAMED STREAM AT THE DEVELOPMENT HAD SEDIMENT OVERTOPPING THE SILT FENCE AND SEDIMENT WAS DEPOSITED IN THE STREAM, IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.

C. THE SILT FENCE NEAR THE NORTHERN PODIUM AREA (SS-2 MANHOLE) WAS MORE THAN HALF FULL OF SEDIMENT, IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.

D. SEDIMENT HAD BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO NANCY CREEK AND IN THE TWO UNNAMED STREAMS AT THE DEVELOPMENT IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.

E. THE SILT FENCE NEAR SS-1 NEEDED MAINTENANCE AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.

F. THE SILT FENCE IN AN AREA BETWEEN THE ROCK WALL AND STREAM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WAS MORE THAN HALF FULL OF SEDIMENTATION, IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.

G. PORTIONS OF THE CONSTRUCTOIN EXIT INSTALLED AT THE DEVELOPMENT DID NOT HAVE THE MINIMUM THICKNESS OF SIX INCHES REUQIRED BY THE MANUAL. OFF-SITE VEHICLE TRACKING OF DIRT, SOI

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