MARCH 9, 2022 - ADMINISTRATIVEORDER ON CONSENT:
The EPA issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Respondent on August 11, 2021. On September 8, 2021, Respondent met with the EPA to discuss the violations cited in the NOV and Respondent did not dispute the findings.
- Based on the fmdings in the NOV, review of additional information provided by DEQ, and discussions between Respondent and the EPA, the EPA determined the following:
(a) For its High Vista Falls WWTP, Respondent exceeded the effluent limitations set forth in Permit Condition 1.A(I) of the High Vista Falls WWTP Permit, as self-reported in its monthly Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs). Specifically, Respondent reported 178 exceedances of the effluent limits for total suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand (BODs), fecal colifonn,
ammonia nitrogen, flow, and total residual chlorine for over the past five years. Therefore, Respondent violated the effluent limitations set forth in its High Vista Falls WWTP Permit.
(b) For all five of its WWTPs, Respondent failed to electronically submit its monthly DMRs as required by Part LA.(3).1 of the Mountain Valley WWTP Permit and Part I.A.(2).1. of the four other Pennits. Specifically, Respondent failed to submit any DMRs for the Buffalo Meadows WWTP since August 2019 and submitted paper DMRs to DEQ staff for tbe other four WWTPs from January 2017
to the present rather than electronically submitting them through DEQ's Electronic Discharge Monit