6/15/17 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $17,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
BASED ON THE CSWEI AND REVIEW OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE EPA ALLEGES THAT THE RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE CWA, ITS IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS, AND THE PERMIT AS FOLLOWS:
A. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO DOCUMENT THAT TIMELY REPARS WERE COMPLETED OF BMP FAILURES OR DEFICIENCIES AFTER SIX DIFFERENT SELF-INSPECTIONS, BETWEEN JANUARY 7, 2015, AND MARCH 11, 2015.
B. THE RESPONDENT FAILD TO PROPERLY DOCUMENT SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR REMOVA OF SILT DEPOSITED INTO EXISTING ON-SITE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PONDS.
C. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO PROPERLY STABILIZE CONSTRUCTION AREAS WHERE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES HAD TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY CEASED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF CESSATION.
D. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO INSTALL, AND IN OTHER LOCATIONS PROPERLY MAINTAIN, SILT FENCES, IN LOCATIONS WHERE THE SWPPP REQUIRFED FENCES.
E. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE ALL BMP DOCUMENTATION FOR SPECIFIED CONTROL MEASURES WITHIN THE SWPPP.
F. THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO INCLUDE A COMPLETE SITE MAP WHICH SHOWED THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS, SLOPES, AND MAJOR STRUCTURAL AND NON-STRUCTURAL CONTROLS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN FOR THE PHASE 4 AREA.
THEREFORE, THE RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED SECTIONS 301 AND 402(p) OF CWA, DUE TO ITS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PERMIT.