EPA v. PINE HILL PLACE, LLC (PINE HILL PLACE)

Case summary

8/1/07 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED. ON FEB 6, 2007, EPA AND ADEM PERFORMED A CSWEI. DURING THE CSWEI, EPA OBSERVED: A. NO SEDIMENTATION POND WAS PRESENT AT THE DEVELOPMENT. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DISCHARGE POINTS OTHER THAN THE CONSTRUCTED OUTFALL, AND STORMWATER AND SEDIMENT WAS BEING DISCHARGED INTO THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO BLACK CREEK WITHOUT ANY BMPs OR TREATMENT CONTROLS. B. SILT FENCES WERE FULL AND/OR OVER TOPPED WITH SEDIMENT IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS; I.E., NEAR RAIN TREE LANE AND NEAR THE NORTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT. THE SILT FENCES NEEDED REPAIR AND/OR MAINTENANCE. C. NEAR THE ENTRANCE/EXIT OF PINE HILL ROAD, VEHICLES HAD CARRIED MUD ONTO THE ROAD. FAILURE TO PROPERLY CLEAN THE STREETS RESULTED IN SEDIMENT DISCHARGES. D. SEDIMENTS WERE OBSERVED IN THE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO BLACK CREEK. SEDIMENTS IN THE CREEK MUST BE EITHER PREVENTED OR MINIMIZED, AND THE CREEK REMEDIATED.

Defendants (1)

• PINE HILL PLACE LLCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PINE HILL PLACE

  PINE HILL ROAD, GARDENDALE, AL, 35071

  Registry ID: 110030480469

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PINE HILL PLACE, LLC (PINE HILL PLACE)entered 2007-08-01

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2007-08-01Final Order Issued
• 2007-08-14Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2008-01-01Enforcement Action Closed