9/27/12 - CONSENT AGMT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $15,000 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGATIONS:
ON MARCH 3, 2011, EPA AND NCDENR PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION (CSWEI).
THE FOLLOWING WAS OBSERVED:
A. NCDOT DID NOT IMPLEMENT THE APPROVED PLAN AS REUQIRED BY PART II.D.1.b.ii OF THE PERMIT AND PARTS I.A.1 AND II.B.1 OF THE GENERAL PERMIT. A PRE-EXISTING DRAINAGE DUTCH ON THE EAST SIDE OF CASE STREET DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER RIP RAP INSTALLATION AS PER THE PLAN; A PIPE SLOPE DRAIN NEAR HOWARD GAP ROAD AND UPWARD ROAD WAS NOT DENOTED IN THE PLAN; AND A TEMPORARY DIVERSION BETWEEN SKIMMER BASIN #1 AND #2 WAS NOT INSTALLED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN.
B. NCDOT DID NOT INSTALL AND MAINTAIN BMPs AND CONTROL MEASURES TO MINIMIZE THE DISCHARGE OF POLLUTANTS AS REQUIRED BY THE PERMIT AND THE GENERAL PERMIT. PERIMETER SILT FENCING NEEDED MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENT NEAR THE SEDIMENT TRAP NORTH OF UPWARD ROAD, TOWARDS HOWARDS GAP ROAD, NEAR THE DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE CORNER OF 925 UPWARD ROAD, AT THE PIPE SLOPE DRAIN WEST OF UT#1 OF BAT FORK CREEK, AND AT THE DITCH NEAR CASE STREET. STABILIZATION WAS NEEDED NORTH OF UPWARD ROAD, ALONG THE DRAINAGE DITCH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF UPWARD ROAD AND HOWARD GAP ROAD, NEAR THE CORNER OF 925 UPWARD ROAD, ALONG THE PIPE SLOPE DRAINS OPPOSITE 925 UPWARD ROAD AND WEST OF UT#1 OF BAT FORK CREEK, ALONG UPWARD ROAD, AT THE OUTFALL AND SLOPES OF THE SKIMMER BASINS, AND AT THE OUTFALL OF THE UT TO KINGS CREEK. ROCK CHECK DAM MAI