DECEMBER 16, 2021 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT: On October 21, 2020, the EPA issued an Information Request pursuant to Section 308 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C ? 13I8, to the Respondents. On October 27, 2020, representatives of the EPA, in conjunction with ADEM, performed a Compliance Stormwater Evaluation Inspection (CSWEI). On November 4, 2020, the Respondents sent a letter in response to EPA's Information Request. On December 9, 2020, the EPA issued an Inspection Report to the Respondents. On July 9, 2021, EPA issued the Notice of Violation and an Opportunity to Show Cause (to the Respondents) Pursuant to Section 309(a) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1319 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. EPA has determined that from the time industrial operations at this Facility began, to present, stormwater associated with industrial activity generally discharged
from the Facility through a drainage ditch and outfalls on the northeast side of the property, to Three Mile Branch to Galbraith Mill Creek.
20. Three Mile Branch and Galbraith Mill Creek are waters of the United States.
Based on the foregoing Findings of Fact and Determinations of Law and pursuantto the authority of Sections 308 and 309(a) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ?? 1318 and 1319(a), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND AGREED TO that Respondents shall comply with the following
requirements:
a. The Respondents shall, within sixty (60) days of the Effective Date of this AOC - Perform a review of the sampling and ana