2/14/06 - COMPLIANCE ORDER ISSUED.
VIOLATIONS:
A. ON THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE SITE, EPA NOTED AN AREA THAT ALLOWED SEDIMENT TO DISCHARGE OFF-SITE CREATING A LOBE OF MITGRATING SEDIMENT. SINCE THE SEDIMENT HAD DISCHARGED, IT APPEARS THAT THE FACILITY, INSTEAD OF REMOVING THAT SEDIMENT, PLACED SILT FENCING AROUND THE MIGRATED SEDIMENT, THUS MODIFYING THE APPROVED PLAN. THEREFOR, McCAR HOMES OF SC, INC., VIOLATED PART IV.C FOR FAILING TO MODIFY THE SWPPP WHENEVER THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE, WHICH HAS A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS TO SURFACE WATERS AND WHICH HAS NOT OTHERWISE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE SWPPP, OR IF THE SWPPP PROVES TO BE INEFFECTIVE IN ELIMINATING OR SIGNIFICANTLY MINIMIZING POLLUTANTS.
B. AREAS ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE (PHASE 1) APPEARED TO BE CONSTRUCTION FREE FOR OVER 7 DAYS. THEREFORE, McCAR HOMES OF SC, INC., VIOLATED PART VI.D.2a(1) OF THE PERMIT FOR FAILING TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION TO PROVIDE STABILIZATION TO AREAS OF THE SITE WHERE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN CEASED FOR MORE THAN 7 DAYS.
C. ALL OF THE OUTFALLS OR DISCHARGE LOCATIONS ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE APPEARED TO BE ALLOWING SEDIMENT TO DISCHARGE OFF-SITE WITHOUT THE PROPER CONTROLS TO LIMIT OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OFF-SITE SEDIMENT. THE SELF-INSPECTION REPORTS LOCATED ONSITE WERE REVIEWED BY EPA; THE DISCHARGES NOTED BY EPA WERE NOT DEPICTED ON THE SELF-INSPECTION REPORTS. THER