20201112 - INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A TOTAL PENALTY AMOUNT OF $20,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
On September 12, 2019, the EPA issued an Inspection Report to the Respondent. During the CSWEI, the EPA inspectors observed the following: A. The facility had outdoor industrial processes, including but not limited to, loading and unloading operations, material storage, product storage, and equipment fueling and maintenance activities with potential exposure and contribution to stormwater contamination. B. The facility had a process water outfall, from the shredder building, discharging to the ground outside of the building where it commingles with stormwater runoff and discharges to waters of the United States. C. The Facility is a waste rubber recycling operation (SIC Code 5093) but has not submitted an NOI for coverage under the existing Permit. The EPA?s industrial stormwater guidance anticipates potential discharges from an industrial site to occur with rain events greater than 0.1 inch. In the EPA?s industrial
penalty policy, 0.5 inches during a 24-hour period is used as the general benchmark for likely stormwater runoff. According to the rain data available for this area, every month during the period of May 2015 to April 2020 has had one or more daily rain events greater than 0.5 inches. Due to the hydrology of the Facility in which significant portions of the site are covered in imp