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Enforcement Order EPD-WP-8277

Facility Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC
County Paulding County
Cause of Order Failed to install and maintain BMPs in accordance w/ Manual & the ESPCP; failure to install and maintain BMPs resulted in significant amounts of sediment being discharged into two trout streams and three warm water streams at 12 separate locations; failed to comply w/ conditions of stream buffer variance; failure to install & maintain BMPs resulted in sediment discharged into the 25 and 50 foot mandated stream buffers at five locations; failed to report all incidences of sediment that discharged from the Facility into Waters of the State; failed to submit a violation summary report within 14 days discovery of the violations
Requirements of Order w/in 14 days install and maintain BMPs; w/in 30 days submit a Corrective Action Plan (CAP); fully comply with the Water Quality Act, the Rules, and the Permit on all remaining construction activities
Settlement Amount $168,750.00
Legal Authority Water Quality Control Act (including Surface Water Allocation)
Date Executed 5‑May‑2017
Publication Date For Executed Order 15‑May‑2017
File Attachments None