10/25/16-ADMIN COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED.
ALLEGATIONS:
RESPONDENT IS AN INDUSTRIAL USER AND ITS PROCESS INCLUDES METAL PARTS CLEANING, COATING AND CONTACT COOLING WATER OF ALUMINUM PARTS.
ON APR 22 -23, 2014, EPA'S NATL ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS CENTER AND R4, EPA CONDUCTED A CWA COMPLIANCE INVESTIGATION OF THE FACILITY TO EVALUATE RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CWA 301, 307, AND 402; THE REGS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AT 40 CFR PARTS 403 AND 433; SECTION 49-17-1 ET SEQ, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972 AND RESPONDENT'S PRETREATMENT PERMIT.
AS A RESULT, EPA IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS OF THE PRETREATMENT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS:
- RESPONDENTS PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING THE ONSITE WWTP DID NOT REFLECT ACTUAL OPERATIONS. SEVERAL PROCESS UNITES DESCRIBED FOR THE WWTP WERE NOT BEING OPERATED, OR WERE REMOVED FROM SERVICE; THESE INCLUDE THE pH ADJUSTMENT TANK (T-6) AND CLARIFIER TANK #2 IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
- SEVERAL COMPONENTS WERE ADDED TO THE FACILITY'S SYSTEM(S) THAT WERE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL PERMIT APPLICATION. THESE ADDED COMPONENTS INCLUDE 3 WASTEWATER STORAGE TANKS AND A STORMWATER STORAGE TANK. THERE WERE ALSO OBSERVED OUT OF SERVICE TREATMENT TANK MIXERS; THERE WAS NO AVAILABLE RETURN TO SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR THE MIXERS AS REQUIRED BY PERMIT.
- RESPONDENT IS INCORRECTLY COLLECTING GRAB SAMPLES TO MANUALLY COMPOSITE. FOR OTHER PARAMETERS, COMPOSITE-EFFLUENT SAMPLES ARE BEING COLLECTED USING A SEVERELY DAMAGED AUTOMATIC SAMPLER. BECAUS