11/25/15 - COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED. THE ANNUAL DMR-QA STUDY FOR 2015 IS KNOWN AS STUDY 35. ON FEB 3, 2015, RESPONDENT RECEIVED A CERTIFIED LETTER FROM EPA ALONG WITH FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FILL OUT THE DMR-QA FOR STUDY 35. THE LETTER REQUIRED THAT RESPONDENT SUBMIT TO EPA THE RESULTS OF CERTAIN TEST INFO, INCLUDING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LAB PERFORMING THE ANALYSIS FOR RESPONDENT AND THE IDENTITY OF THE ANALYTES SPECIFIED IN THEIR NPDES PERMIT.
ACCORIDNG TO THE LETTER, THE DEADLINE FOR RESPONDENT TO SUBMIT ITS DMR-QA STUDY 35 TO EPA, REGION 4, WAS AUG 28, 2015. BASED ON RECORDS MAINTAINED BY EPA REGION 4, RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED INFO IN THE TIMEFRAME REQUIRED BY EPA'S SECTION 308 LETTER, WHICH WAS ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CWA 308(a). THEREFORE, EPA REGION 4 HAS DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF CWA 308(a).