8/4/15 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT. RESPONDENT OWNED AND/OR OPERATED A PLASTIC COATING MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN ATLANTA, GA.
THE FACILITY IS LOCATED ON APPROX 5.2 ACRES, CONSISTING OF A 98,000 SQ FOOT BUILDING WHICH INCLUDES THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND OFFICES ( MAIN BUILDING ), A 1,000 SQ FOOT 3-SIDED STORAGE SHED, A 176-SQ FOOT COMPRESSOR BUILDING, AND AN OUTDOOR PRODUCT AND RAW MATERIAL STORAGE AREA. STORMWATER DRAINS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY INCLUDING IN THE EMPLOYEE PARKING AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MAIN BUILDING AND IN THE OUTDOOR STORAGE AREAS ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST SIDES OF THE MAIN BLDG.
ON JAN 29, 2015, EPA, GAEPA AND THE CIYT OF ATLANTA PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE INSPECTION (CI) AT THE FACILITY TO EVALUATE AT RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CWA SECTION 301 AND 402(p); THE REGS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AT 40 CFR 122.26 AND THE STORMWATER PERMIT. RESPONDENT'S RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL, PAUL STEVENSON, MET WITH EPA INSPECTORS ONSITE AND PROVIDED A FACILITY TOUR AND THE RESPONDENT'S PERMIT HISTORY. STORMWATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY WAS GENERALLY DISCHARGED FROM FACILITY THROUGH BOTH THE OUTFALL AT THE NW CORNER OF THE SITE AND THROUGH SHEET FLOW ALONG VARIOUS AREAS OF THE SITE. BOTH TYPES OF DISCHARGE GO TO THE CITY OF ATLANTA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4), WHICH ULTIMATELY DISCHARGES TO PROCTOR CREEK.
PROCTOR CREEK IS A TRIBUTARY TO CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, WHICH IS A NAVIGABLE WATER AND A WATER