JULY 8, 2022 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT
On November 13, 2017, DEQ issued NPDES Permit No. MS0062375 (Permit) to Respondent for the WWTP. Under this Permit, the WWTP is permitted to discharge pollutants from a point source into an unnamed tributary, a navigable water as defined in Section 502(7) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1362(7). The Permit became effective on November 13, 2017,and expires on October 31, 2022.
The EPA issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to Respondent on March 28, 2022. On April 27, 2022, Respondent met with the EPA to discuss the violations cited in the NOV and Respondent did not dispute the findings.
Based on the findings in the NOV, review of additional information provided by DEQ, and discussions between Respondent and the EPA, the EPA determined the following:
(a) During the week of April 26, 2021, representatives of the EPA conducted an NPDES Reconnaissance Sampling Inspection at the WWTP. The grab sample collected from effluent Outfall 001 was above the permitted effluent limitation for total suspended solids (TSS). Specifically, the result was 73 mg/L and the limit is 45 mg/L (weekly average). This effluent limit exceedance constitutes a
violation of the Effluent Limitations and Monitoring Part of the Permit. Therefore, Respondent violated the effluent limitations set forth in the Permit for TSS for a total of one effluent violation.
(b) A review of the data from the EPA's Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS) indica