3/29/10 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AND COMPLIANCE ORDER FILED, PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $37,500.
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW:
RESPONDENT ENTERED INTO A CONSENT AGMT (DOCKET NO. RCRA-UST-2008-01) WITH EPA TO RESOLVE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF RCRA SEC 9006.
RESPONDENT'S ALLEGED VIOLATIONS RELATED TO HIS OPERATION OF A UST SYSTEM LOCATED AT 1420 U.S. HWY 19 S., LEESBURG, GA.
RESPONDENT WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO EPA WITH 20 CALENDAR DAYS, A CERTIFICATION SIGNED BY RESPONDENT CERTIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS OF 40 CFR PART 280.
RESPONDENT WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A SIGNED CERTIFICATION TO EPA CERTIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS OF 40 CFR PART 280 BY JANUARY 2, 2009.
ON DEC 19, 2008, EPA RECEIVED AN E-MAIL COMMUNICATION FROM RESPONDENT'S REPRESENTATIVE REQUESTING AN EXTENSION.
EPA AND RESPONDENT AGREED TO EXTEND THE DATE TO JAN 19, 2009.
RESPONDENT FAILED TO CERTIFY COMPLIANCE ON OR BEFORE JAN 19, 2009.
ON JAN 29, 2009, EPA CONTACTED RESPONDENT'S REPRESENTATIVE TO INQUIRE INTO RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE STATUS WITH THE CAFO.
ON JAN 29, 2009, EPA WAS INFORMED THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS UNAWARE OF RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE STATUS.
ON APRIL 14, 2009, EPA CONTACTED THE REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING RESPONDENT'S FAILURE TO COMPLAY WITH THE TERMS OF THE CAFO. ON APRIL 14, 2009, THE REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED EPA THAT SHE IN UNAWARE OF RESPONDENT'S COMPLIANCE STATUS AND PROVIDE EPA WITH RESPONDENT'S CONTACT INFO SO