EPA v. 48 FORTY SOLUTIONS, LLC - PLANT NO. 372

Case summary

NOVEMBER 8, 2025 - ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE ORDER ON CONSENT On August 08, 2023, representatives of the EPA and SCDES performed a Stormwater Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI Site No. 211, the Walterboro, SC plant, and 402(p) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ?? 1311 and 1342(p); the regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 C.F.R. ? 122.26, and the Permit. On October 16, 2023, the EPA issued an Inspection Report to the Respondent by email. The Inspection Report indicated that during the CEI, the EPA inspectors observed the following: A. The Walterboro, South Carolina Site No 211 is a pallet manufacturing facility (SIC Code 2448), but has not submitted an NOI for coverage under the existing Permit or obtained a No Exposure Certification. On August 29, 2024, the EPA issued a Notice of Violation and 308 information request to the Respondent with regards to the Walterboro, SC, plant No. 211. EPA then identified the Facility as one of eight (8) sites, including Walterboro, South Carolina Site No 211, located in the Southeast Region owned and operated by 48 Forty Solutions that did not have existing coverage under a NPDES Permit to discharge stormwater associated with industrial activity from the Facility. Based on the hydrology of the Facility and historic rainfall data, the EPA has determined that from the time industrial activities and operations at the Facility began to present, stormwater associated with industrial activity generally discharged from the Facility to a relatively permanent, perennial Unnamed Tributary to North Fork Edisto River. In the EPA On August 08, 2023, representatives of the EPA and SCDES performed a Stormwater Compliance Evaluation Inspection (CEI Site No. 211, the Walterboro, SC plant, and 402(p) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. ?? 1311 and 1342(p); the regulations promulgated thereunder at 40 C.F.R. ? 122.26, and the Permit. On October 16, 2023, the EPA issued an Inspection Report to the Respondent by email. The Inspection Report indicated that during the CEI, the EPA inspectors observed the following: A. The Walterboro, South Carolina Site No 211 is a pallet manufacturing facility (SIC Code 2448), but has not submitted an NOI for coverage under the existing Permit or obtained a No Exposure Certification. On August 29, 2024, the EPA issued a Notice of Violation and 308 information request to the Respondent with regards to the Walterboro, SC, plant No. 211. EPA then identified the Facility as one of eight (8) sites, including Walterboro, South Carolina Site No 211, located in the Southeast Region owned and operated by 48 Forty Solutions that did not have existing coverage under a NPDES Permit to discharge stormwater associated with industrial activity from the Facility. Based on the hydrology of the Facility and historic rainfall data, the EPA has determined that from the time industrial activities and operations at the Facility began to present, stormwater associated with industrial activity generally discharged from the Facility to a relatively permanent, perennial Unnamed Tributary to North Fork Edisto River. In the EPA

Defendants (1)

• 48 FORTY SOLUTIONS, LLCNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• 48FORTY SOLUTIONS - PLANT NO. 372

  295 PROSPERITY DRIVE, ORANGEBURG, SC, 29115

  Registry ID: 110072101876

• 48FORTY SOLUTIONS

  312 UPCHURCH LANE, WALTERBORO, SC, 29488

  Registry ID: 110071467888

Statutes cited

• CWA 301/402 — NPDES Permit Violations

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• 48 FORTY SOLUTIONS, LLC - PLANT NO. 372entered 2025-10-08

  Primary law: CWA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2025-10-08Final Order Issued
• 2025-12-02Enforcement Action Data Entered