| 1111267 |
08/11/2022 |
Unauthorized Discharge |
Direct discharge of petroleum products to the ground surface from a leaking gasoline powered pump, causing soil staining, just south of the concrete pad. Discharge of gray water from a kitchen and bathing area. The bare ground surface next to the kitchen area had a noxious smell, and was covered with food waste scraps and gray water. Discharge of sewage from a port-a-potty. The port-a-potty appeared to be leaking sewage directly to the ground surface underneath. Discharge of a variety of cultivation related debris and slash that had been placed into the Class III watercourse. This included cardboard, PVC pipes, plastic netting and tarps, plastic sacks filled with trash, potting soil, and waste plant material. Bare soils of the disturbed and cleared areas around the hoop houses, and materials of the graded pads and other graded areas which lacked BMPs to prevent discharge of sediment and soils to nearby waters of the state. Improper storage of equipment, fuels, chemicals, and nutrients, including a gasoline powered generator, gasoline powered water pumps, fuel containers, propane cylinders, nutrient containers, chemical fertilizers in sacks and buckets, and fuel containers. All of these items were improperly stored on the bare ground surface across the site. Unimproved access roads across the Site which lacked any type of armoring or Best Management Practices (BMPs). Unsecured and improperly stored trash and debris, to include household garbage, chemical and fertilizer containers, plastic garbage bags filled with trash, scrap PVC and black poly piping, plastic tarps, lumber, plastic grow pots, waste plant material, and miscellaneous cultivation and construction debris. Water storage and related infrastructure which threatens to cause discharge. |
Violation |
N |
Inspection |
Copeland Property |
448982 |
None |
Y |
