5/21/2007 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. ORDER ALLEGES: ON MARCH 15, 2007, REPRESENTATIVES OF EPA, IN CONJUCTION WITH CABARRUS COUNTY, PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORM WATER EVALUATION INSPECTION ( CSWEI ) AT HEARTLAND PLACE SUBDIVISION PHASE 2 TO EVALUATE THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF STORM WATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CWA, REGULATIONS OF 40 C.F.R. SECTION 122.26, AND THE NCDENR PERMIT. DURING THE CSWEI, EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING: THE PLAN WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED AS APPROVED, AS REQUIRED BY PARTS I.A.2 AND I.C.1 OF THE PERMIT; THERE WAS NO RAIN GAUGE ON-SITE, AS REQUIRED BY PART I.B.1 OF THE PERMIT; SEDIMENT DISCHARGES WERE OBSERVED IN THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF COLD WATER CREEK, AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN, AS REQUIRED BY PARTS I.B.2 AND II.B.2 OF THE PERMIT; INSPECTION RECORDS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION AS REQUIRED BY PART I.B.3 OF THE PERMIT; STORM WATER CONTROLS WERE NOT BEING MAINTAINED AND OPERATED AT OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY, AS RQUIRED BY PARTS I.C.2 AND II.C.1 OF THE PERMIT. IN VIOLATION OF CWA SECTIONS 301 AND 402.