8/19/15 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED.
AT ALL TIME RELEVANT TO THIS ACTION, RESPONDENT OWNS AND OPERATES A POWDER COATINGS AND HYDROGRAPHICS APPLICATIONS FACILITY IN GEORGIA. D&B IS AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY WHICH PREPARES METAL OBJECTS FOR POWDER COATING BY EITHER SAND-BLASTING OR LIQUID ACID ETCHING. ONCE THE METAL IS PREPARED IT IS THEN SPRAYED WITH THE COATING PRODUCT AND THEN PLACED IN A HIGH-HEAT OVEN TO CURE THE POWDER COATING TO THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND COOLED. ON APR 27, 2006, D&B BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY. OPERATIONS STARTED AT THE FACILITY APPROX 4 MONTHS LATER, ON AUG 1, 2006. D&B DISCHARGES INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER FROM ITS FACILITY TO THE DADE COUNTY WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY WWTP AND ITS CONVEYANCES, WHICH COMPRISE A POTW AND MUNICIPALITY.
ON JUNE 24, 2014, EPA CONDUCTED AN INDUSTRIAL USER COMPLIANCE INSPECTION AT THE FACILITY TO EVALUATE D&B'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CWA 301 AND 307 ; THE REGS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AT 40 CFR PARTS 403 433; AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA'S PRETREATMENT REGS AT GEORGIA RULE 391-3-6-.08.
AS A RESULT, EPA IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS OF PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS:
A. SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER DISCHARGE W/OUT A VALID PERMIT: THE FACILITY IS A SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRIAL USER, AS DEFINED BY 40 CFR 403.3(v). THE FACILITY IS THEREFORE REQUIRED BY GEORGIA RULE 391-3-6-.08 TO OBTAIN A VALID PERMIT FROM THE STATE OF GA PRIOR TO DISCHARGING TO A POTW. THE FACILITY DISCHARGED