On September 30, 2019, Region III filed with the Regional Hearing Clerk an Administrative Compliance Order on Consent ( ACOC ) agreed to and executed by Virginia Concrete Company, LLC ( ACOC ) ( Respondent ), which owns and operates a concrete mixing plant known as the Southwest DC Ready-Mix Plant and located at 2 S Street SW, Washington, D.C. (the Facility ). The basis of the ACOC is Respondent's violation of requirements found in a federally enforceable state operating permit ( FESOP ) issued by the District of Columbia ( DC ) Department of Energy & Environment ( DC DOEE ) pursuant to regulations incorporated into DC?s CAA State Implementation Plan (the DC SIP ) the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq (the CAA or the Act ) to the Respondent and governing operations at the Facility. The failure to meet these requirements was identified by a compliance evaluation conducted by the EPA at the Facility on April 16, 2015.
The specific provisions alleged to have been violated include Respondent's operation of the baghouse at the Facility at a pressure drop outside the permitted range of between 3 and 8 inches of water required by State Operating Permit ( SOP ) 6451-R1, issued by DC DOEE to Respondent pursuant to DCMR 20-200.2, with an effective date of May 14, 2015, which governs the Facility as well as operation of control devices at the Facility for the period from May 14, 2015 up to and including the date of issuance of this ACOC.
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