DECEMBER 8, 2022 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON COMPLIANCE
On August 4, 2021, the EPA and MDEQ conducted a Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI) to assess the overall operation of the Facility. The CEI identified violations of effluent limits in the NPDES Permit. The EPA's findings and recommendations were summarized in a CEI Report dated September 9, 2021.
The County has violated the Effiuent Limitations and Monitoring Requirements Section of the 2019 NPDES Permit, issued pursuant to Section 402 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1342, by discharging pollutants into an unnamed tributary of Copiah C.
On October 25, 2021, the County, through its counsel, submitted a response to the EPA's September 9, 2021, CEI Report.
On April 20, 2022, the EPA sent a Notice of Violations (NOV) to The County regarding violations identified during the CEI. The NOV noted effluent limitation violations of the 2019 NPDES Permit. Specifically, The County violated the effluent limitations for 5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BODs) (34 counts), Fecal Coliforms (2 counts), pH (5 counts), Total Suspended Solids (TSS) (21 counts), Nitrogen as ammonia (19 counts), and E. Coli (21 counts) as indicated in the discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) during the period covering March I, 2018, through March 1, 2022. The EPA's Integrated Compliance Information System shows that the County WWTP has an authorized NPDES permit to discharge to an unnamed tributary of Copiah Creek since 1976.
The County has violated the