8/20/15 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. RESONDENT OWNS AND OPERATES A WASTEWATER TREATMENT LAGOON SYSTEM IN MT. MEIGS, AL, WHICH DISCHARGES POLLUTANTS AS A POINT SOURCE INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF BUTLER CREEK. THE STATE OF AL THRU ADEM ISSUED NPDES PERMIT NO. AL0058777 TO RESPONDENT FOR THE MT. MEIGS CAMPUS COMPLEX LAGOON WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOV 1, 2004, AND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF OCT 31, 2009. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO RENEW THE PERMIT AND THE PERMIT EXPIRED ON OCT 31, 2009. BEGINNING ON NOV 1, 2009, RESPONDENT WAS NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO DISCHARGE UNDER AN NPDES PERMIT; HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO MONTHLY DMRs SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENT, RESPONDENT CONTINUED TO DISCHARGE POLLUTANTS FROM OUTFALL 001 TO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF BUTLER CREEK FROM NOV 1, 2009 THRU PRESENT.
ON NOV 4, 2014 EPA SENT A NOTICE OF VIOLATION (CWA 309) TO RESPONDENT REGARDING THE UNPERMITTED DISCHARGES. THE NOV REQUESTED A MEETING TO DISCUSS CORRECTIVE ACTIONS PLANNED OR TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING VIOLATIONS. THE MEETING WAS HELD ON DEC 2, 2014. DURING THE MEETING, RESPONDENT DISCUSSED THE HISTORY OF THE FACILITY'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE CWA. THIS INCLUDED PAST DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY WATER WORKS AND SANITARY SEWER BOARD REGARDING ELIMINATION OF RESPONDENT'S DISCHARGE TO WATERS OF THE U.S. AND RESPONDENT' S CONSTRUCTION OF A TAP THRU WHICH RESPONDENT'S WASTEWATER WOULD BE SENT TO THE BOARD'S WWTF FOR TREATMENT AND ULTIMATE DISCHARGE. HOWEVER, TO PR