5/28/2013 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $40,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ON FEB 4, 2011, EPA AND THE CITY OF ATLANTA, BUREAU OF WATERSHED PROTECTION PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION (CSWEI) AT RESPONDENT'S DEVELOPMENT TO EVALUATE THE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF STORMWATER. DURING THE CSWEI, EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING:
A. DOUBLE ROW SILT FENCE WAS SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN. ONLY ONE ROW OF SILT FENCE WAS INSTALLED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
B. WOOD CHIPS ALONG THE PERIMETER SILT FENCE WERE NOT TREATED WITH POLYACRYLAMIDE AS SPECIFIED IN TEH PLAN IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
C. 13 STONE CHECK DAMS WERE SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN ALONG THE DIVERSION CHANNEL TO SEDIMENT POND NUMBER 1. LESS THAN HALF OF THE CHECK DAMS WERE IN PLACE IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
D. OF THE FEW CHECK DAMS IN PLACE, NONE HAVE JUTE MATTING IN PLACE OR HAVE EVIDENCE OF POLYACRYLAMINDE TREATMENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
E. A DIVERSION CHANNEL WAS NOT STABILIZED WITH GRASS LINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAN IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
F. RIPRAP WAS SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN AT THE INLET OF THE SEDIMENT PONDS. NO RIPRAP WAS OBSERVED AT THE INLET OF SEDIMENT POND NUMBER 1 IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
G. POLYACRYLAMINDE TREATMENT WAS SPECIFIED ON ALL SLOPED AREAS. NO EVIDENCE OF POLYACRYLAMINDE TREATMENT WAS OBSERVED ON SLOPED AREAS IN VIOLATION OF THE PERMIT.
H. NTU SAMPLES WERE