5/1/17 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. THE ANNUAL DMR-QA STUDY FOR 2016 IS KNOWN AS STUDY 36. ON FEB 2, 2016, RESPONDENT RECEIVED A CERTIFIED LETTER FROM EPA ISSUED PURSUANT TO CWA 308 ALONG WITH FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FILL OUT THE DMR-QA FOR STUDY 36 THE 308 LETTER REQUIRED THAT RESPONDENT SUBMIT TO EPA THE RESULTS OF CERTAIN TEST INFO, INCLUDING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LABORATORY PERFORMING THE ANALYSIS FOR RESPONDENT AND THE IDENTITY OF THE ANALYTES SPECIFIED IN THEIR NPDES PERMIT. ACCORDING TO THE SECTION 308 LETTER, THE DEADLINE FOR RESPONDENT TO SUBMIT ITS DMR-QA TUDY 36 TO EPA, REGION 4, WAS AUG 26, 2016. BASED ON RECORDS MAINTAINED BY EPA, REGION 4, RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED FINO IN THE TIMEFRAME REQUIRED BY THE EPA'S SECTION 308 LETTER, WHICH WAS ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 308(a) OF THE CWA. THEREFORE, EPA, REGION 4, HAS DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT IS IN VIOLATION OF CWA 308(a).
ORDER REQUIRES: AS PROVIDED BY SECTION 309(a)(4) OF THE CWA, PRIOR TO COMPLYING WITH THIS ORDER, RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONFER WITH EPA. THEREFORE, EPA IS PROVIDING A PERIOD OF 21 DAYS TO CONFER WITH THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATED EPA, REGION 4, REPRESENTATIVE.