EPA v. WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (HARRIS CREEK ELEM. SCHOOL)

Case summary

5/30/2007 - CONSENT AGREEMENT ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $8,000. DURING THE COMPLIANCE STORM WATER EVALUATION INSPECTION ON 9/27/2006, EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING: A WATER PUMP WAS PLACE IN DETENTION POND B, WHICH PUMPBED UNTREATED SEDIMENT LATENT STORM WATE PAST EROSION CONTROLS AND DIRECTLY INTO THE OUTFALL AND INTO THE STREAM. THIS IS A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PART II.C.E. OF THE PERMIT. THERE WERE NO LEVEL SPREADERS IN PLACE AT THE OUTALLS OF SEDIMENT BASIN A OR B AS REQUIRED BY THE PLAN. THIS IS A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PART II.C.1 OF THE PERMIT. THE BANKS OF STORM WTE DETENTION POND B WERE UNSTABILIZED AND IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION, AS REQUIRED BY PART I.C.2 OF THE PERMIT. HIGHLY TURBID STORM WATER HAD MIGRATED THROUGH THE SILT FENCE AND INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO THE NEUSE RIVER, WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR SEDIMENT BASIN B. THIS A VIOLATION OF PART II.B.2 OF THE PERMIT.

Defendants (2)

• WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATIONNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
• HARRIS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• HARRIS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

  STATE ROAD 2049, RALEIGH, NC, 27616

  Registry ID: 110036082093

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (HARRIS CREEK ELEM. SCHOOL)entered 2007-05-30

  Primary law: CWA

  Federal penalty: $8,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2007-05-30Final Order Issued
• 2007-05-30Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2007-06-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2007-07-06Enforcement Action Closed