Environmental Protection Division
Recently Executed Enforcement Orders
(Notices that change weekly)
Date of Posting: Monday, April 12, 2021
Enforcement Order EPD-WP-9062
| Facility | Rocio Woody |
|---|---|
| County | Fannin County |
| Cause of Order | Conducted land disturbance within the 50 foot buffer without first obtaining a buffer variance, failed to design, install, and/or maintain proper BMPs |
| Requirements of Order | Immediately stop land disturbing activity work on the Site with the exception of installation and maintenance of temporary or permanent erosion and sediment controls, no additions or structural changes that would result in encroachment into the buffer may be made to the existing structures, mitigate for the construction of the 2 structures remaining in the buffer and submit a Corrective Action Plan |
| Settlement Amount | $2,700.00 |
| Legal Authority | Erosion and Sedimentation Act |
| Date Executed | 4/7/2021 |
Enforcement Order EPD-WP-9032
| Facility | City of Summerville WPCP |
|---|---|
| County | Chattooga County |
| Cause of Order | Sewage spill on December 21, 2020 |
| Requirements of Order | Complete corrective measures and pay penalty |
| Settlement Amount | $875.00 |
| Legal Authority | Water Quality Control Act (including Surface Water Allocation) |
| Date Executed | 4/7/2021 |
Enforcement Order EPD-WP-9038
| Facility | Pumpkinvine Creek WPCP |
|---|---|
| County | Paulding County |
| Cause of Order | Unpermitted discharge of untreated sewage |
| Requirements of Order | Comply with the Rules and pay penalty |
| Settlement Amount | $1,500.00 |
| Legal Authority | Water Quality Control Act (including Surface Water Allocation) |
| Date Executed | 4/7/2021 |
Enforcement Order EPD-WP-9036
| Facility | Rose Creek WPCP |
|---|---|
| County | Cherokee County |
| Cause of Order | Unpermitted discharge of untreated sewage |
| Requirements of Order | Comply with the Rules and pay penalty |
| Settlement Amount | $625.00 |
| Legal Authority | Water Quality Control Act (including Surface Water Allocation) |
| Date Executed | 4/7/2021 |
Enforcement Order EPD-AQC-7074
| Facility | Trojan Battery Company, LLC |
|---|---|
| County | DeKalb County |
| Cause of Order | Failing to maintain records of pressure drop for Battery Manufacturing baghouses and Formation Room mist eliminators and visible emissions from all sources of lead emissions for the second shift of production from June 2019 through October 2019 |
| Requirements of Order | Comply with Rules and pay penalty |
| Settlement Amount | $1,500.00 |
| Legal Authority | Air Quality Act |
| Date Executed | 4/5/2021 |
Enforcement Order EPD-AQC-7073
| Facility | Mark Taft Logging, LLC |
|---|---|
| County | Houston County |
| Cause of Order | Failing to operate ACDs in a manner consistent with good air pollution control practices to dispose of vegetative land clearing debris in a county with a population greater than 65,000 |
| Requirements of Order | Submit a written corrective action plan and include measures that have been or will be implemented to ensure that the violations do not reoccur |
| Settlement Amount | $4,500.00 |
| Legal Authority | Air Quality Act |
| Date Executed | 4/5/2021 |
Enforcement Order EPD-WP-9022
| Facility | City of Canton WPCP |
|---|---|
| County | Cherokee County |
| Cause of Order | Exceedance of permit limits for phosphorus in February and March 2020 |
| Requirements of Order | Comply with the Rules and pay penalty |
| Settlement Amount | $6,915.00 |
| Legal Authority | Water Quality Control Act (including Surface Water Allocation) |
| Date Executed | 3/2/2021 |