The Respondent is a permitted MS4 in Rensselaer, NY. An MS4 Audit was conducted from November 17-19, 2009 and identified that the Respondent was not complying with the terms and conditions of the NYSDEC MS4 General Permit. Permit violations included failure to fully implement SWMP by 1/8/08, maintain adequate records, submit annual reports on time, implement public education and outreach program, implement and enforce an IDDE program, implement and enforce a construction site stormwater program and for failure to implement a good housekeeping program. An Administrative Order was issued on June 3, 2010 to order the facility to comply with Permit conditions. Compliance with the Administrative Order was determined as a result of correspondence received from the City in response to the Administrative Order.
Once compliance was determined, EPA assessed a penalty. As part of this final order with penalty, the Respondent is also implementing a green infrastructure Supplemental Environmental Project.