EPA v. GREEN PARTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Case summary

8/31/17 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT ISSUED. ON FEB 15, 2015, EPA AND GAEPD PERFORMED A COMPLIANCE STORMWATER EVALUATION INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY. ON JULY 14, 2016, EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW CAUSE TO RESPONDENT. DURING THE CSWEI, EPA INSPECTORS OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING: A. MATERIALS FROM AUTO RECLAMATION AND SCRAP METAL RECLAMATION WERE OBSERVED UNCOVERED OUTDOORS, ALONG WITH AUTOMOTIVE FLUIDS IN PUDDLES ON THE GROUND AND IN EXPOSED CONTAINERS. B. RESPONDENT HAD NOT SUBMITTED A NOI TO BE COVERED UNDER THE PERMIT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CWA 402(p), AND ITS IMPLEMENTING REGS, BASED ON THE CSWEI AND DUE TO THE HYDROLOGY OF THE FACILITY AND HISTORIC RAINFALL DATA, EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT FROM DEC 13, 2000, TO MAY 26, 2016, STORMWATER ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY GENERALLY DISCHARGED FROM THE FACILITY THRU A STORMWATER DITCH LOCATED NEAR THE CENTRAL EAST SIDE OF THE FACILITY TO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO PROCTOR CREEK. PROCTOR CREEK IS A TRIBUTARY TO THE CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, A TRADITIONALLY NAVIGABLE WATER OF THE U.S. THEREFORE, RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED CWA 301 AND 402(p) BY DISCHARGING STORMWATER WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION TO WATERS OF THE U.S. AGREEMENT ON CONSENT: A. RESPONDENT SHALL CEASE ALL UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGES OF STORMWATER FROM INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY FROM THE FACILITY TO WATERS OF THE U.S. W/OUT A CWA NPDES PERMIT WITHIN 150 DAYS. B. IF RESPONDENT INTENDS TO COMPLY BY OBTAINING A CWA NPDES PERMIT THAT AUTHORIZES DISCHARGES FROM THE FACILITY, THE RESPONDENT SHALL: - REPORT TO EPA ON THE SUBMISSION OF A NOI AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS TO GA EPD WITHIN 150 DAYS AND SUBMIT A COPY OF THE NOI AND PROOF OF SUBMISSION TO EPA. - SUBMIT A COPY OF A SWPPP TO EPA WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE. - SUBMIT RESULTS FROM ANY BENCHMARK MONITORING CONDUCTED FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AOC THRU THE FIRST 180 DAYS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AOC AND PROVIDE A COPY TO EPA. - SUBMIT ONE QUARTERLY VISUAL ASSESSMENT FOR EACH OUTFALL FOR THE FIRST QUARTER FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AOC AND FOR THE SECOND QUARTER FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AOC AND SUBMIT A COPY OF THE ASSESSMENT TO EPA. DOCUMENTATION OF THE WHEN THE RAIN EVENT BEGAN AND WHEN DISCHARGE BEGAN SHOULD BE INCLUDED. AT LEAST TWO PHOTO OF EACH VISUAL ASSESSMENT SHALL BE PROVIDED (ONE OF THE SAMPLING LOCATION AT TIME OF SAMPLING AND ONE OF THE SAMPLE IN THE CLEAR CONTAINER PHOTOGRAPHED AGAINST A WHITE BACKGROUND) WITH DATE AND TIME OF PHOTOS.

Defendants (1)

• GREEN PARTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GREENPARTS METALMAX SAMSON AUTO PARTS AHS CASH FOR JUNK CARS

  844 REGINA DRIVE NW, ATLANTA, GA, 30318-4562

  Registry ID: 110063884578

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GREEN PARTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.entered 2017-08-30

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2017-08-30Final Order Issued
• 2017-09-06Enforcement Action Data Entered