6/19/09 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED.
FINDINGS:
BASED ON AN EPA INSPECTION ON MARCH 3, 2009 AND ADDITIONAL INFO SUBMITTED BY THE RESPONDENT DATED APRIL 17, 2009, THE RESPONDENT FAILED TO CONDUCT THE VOLATILE SOLIDS TEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 503.8(b)(7), AND FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE THE VOLATILE SOLIDS IN THE SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS REDUCED BY LESS THAN 17 PERCENT, AS PER 40 CFR 503.33(b)(2) FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2008.
RESPONDENT LAND APPLIED APPROX 224 DRY METRIC TONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN CALENDAR YEAR 2008.
THEREFORE, EPA REGION 4, HAS DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED SECTION 405(e) OF THE CWA, BY VIOLATING THE TEST METHOD AND VAR REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN 40 CFR 503.8(b)(7) AND 503.33(b)(2).
ORDER REQUIRES:
RESPONDENT SHALL CONDUCT SEWAGE SLUDGE ANALYSES OF TOTAL, FIXED, AND VOLATILE SOLIDS AS SPECIFIED IN PART 2540 G, STANDARD METHODS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF WATER AND WASTEWATER.
WITHIN 10 DAYS, COLLECT A SEWAGE SLUDGE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE FROM THE RESPONDENT POTW DIGESTER AND HAVE ANALYZED FOR THE FRACTIONAL VOLATILE SOLIDS REDUCTION (FVSR) IN ACCORDANCE WITH 40 CFR 503.33(b)(2).
THE FVSR UNDER OPTION 2 SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE VAN KLEECK EQUATION.
WITHIN 10 DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THE FVSR RESULTS, THE RESPONDENT SHALL SUBMIT A COPY OF THE CHAIN OF CUSTODAY RECORD AND THE ANALYTICAL RESULTS TO EPA.
WITHIN 10 DAYS, COLLECT A SEWAGE SLUDGE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLY PRIOR TO THE RESPONDENT POTW DIGESTER AND A SEWAGE SLUDGE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE AFTE