09/28/2011 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED.
ON FEB 17, 2011, RESPONDENT RECEIVED A CERTIFIED LETTER FROM EPA ISSUED PURSUANT TO CWA 308 ALONG WITH FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FILL OUT THE DMR-QA FOR STUDY 31. THE SEC 308 LETTER REQUIRED THAT RESPONDENT SUBMIT TO THE EPA THE RESULTS OF CERTAIN TEST INFO, INCLUDING THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE LABORATORY PERFORMING THE ANALYSIS FOR RESPONDENT AND THE IDENTIFY OF THE ANALYTES SPECIFIED IN THEIR NPDES PERMIT.
ACCORDING TO THE SEC 308 INFO REQUEST LETTER, THE DEADLINE FOR RESPONDENT TO SUBMIT ITS DMR-QA STUDY 31 TO THE EPA, REGION 4, WAS AUGUST 19, 2011.
BASED ON RECORDS MAINTAINED BY THE EPA, R4, RESPONDENT HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED INFO IN THE TIMEFRAME REQUIRED BY THE EPA'S SEC 308 INFO REQUEST LETTER, WHICH WAS LAWFULLY ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CWA 308(a).
THEREFORE, EPA R4 HAS DETERMINED THAT RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED CWA 308(a).