11/7/13 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $28,000. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ON OCT 20, 2011, EPA AND TDEC PERFORMED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY TO EVALUATE THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF STORM WATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CWA AND THE PERMIT. DURING THE INSPECTION, EPA OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING:
A. THE EQUIPMENT WASHING AREA AND THE UNKNOWN CHEMICAL TANKS AREA CONTAINED MATERIAL AND DEBRIS ON THE GROUND WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE POLLUTANTS TO STORM WATER DISCHARGES, IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT;
B. THE SEDIMENT RETENTION BARRIER WAS COVERED WITH VEGETATION AND SEDIMENT, AND NEEDED MAINTENANCE AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT;
C. THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF INSPECTIONS OF DESIGNATED EQUIPMENT AND AREAS AT A MINIMUM OF ONCE PER MONTH WHILE THE FACILITY WAS IN OPERATION, AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.
D. THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF ANNUAL EMPLOYEE TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR 2009 AND 2010 AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.
E. THERE WERE NO ANNUAL NON-STORM WATER DISCHARGE CERTIFICATIONS FOR 2009 AND 2010, AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.
F. THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE SITE COMPLIANCE EVALUATIONS FOR 2009 AND 2010, AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.
G. THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF MONITORING RESULTS OF EACH OUTFALL ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY FOR 2009 AND 2010 AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT.
H. THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF QUARTERLY VISUAL EXAMINATIONS OF STORM WATER DISCHARGES ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY FROM EACH OUTFALL SINCE JUNE 2009 AS REQUIRED BY THE