3/26/2025 - EXPEDITED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED. PENALTY PAYMENT OF $10,000 IS DUE NO LATER THAN 30 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ESA AND FINAL ORDER.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON AUGUST 09, 2023, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EPA PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION (CSWEI) AT RESPONDENT?S FACILITY IN SUMTER, SC TO EVALUATE THE RESPONDENT?S COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE CWA, 33 U.S.C. ? 1311(A); AND THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AT 40 C.F.R. ? 122.26.
BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING THE EPA INSPECTION, THE EPA FINDS THAT: (1) RESPONDENT, WHO IS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE SITE, DISCHARGED INDUSTRIAL STORMWATER FROM THE SITE VIA AN EXCAVATED DITCH THAT CONNECTS TO THE ROADSIDE DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT DISCHARGES INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF TURKEY CREEK AND EVENTUALLY THE POCOTALIGO RIVER WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION BY ANY PERMIT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE CLEAN WATER ACT (ACT) IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 301(A) OF THE ACT, 33 U.S.C. ? 1311(A).