12/5/17 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $75,500, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
BASED ON A CSWEI AND DUE TO THE HYDROLOGY OF THE FACILITY AND HISTORIC RAINFALL DATA, EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT FROM SEPT 2012 TO MARCH 2016, STORMWATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES DISCHARGED TO LOCKS CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE CAPE FEAR RIER. THE CAP FEAR RIVER IS A TRADITIONALLY NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. THIS DISCHARGE OCCURRED WHILE THE FACILITY WAS IN VIOLATION OF HTE PERMIT. THEREFORE, RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED CWA 301.