The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered an auto dismantler in Sun Valley, Calif. to comply with federal and state clean water regulations.
The EPA is ordering Miller's Auto Dismantling to comply with the federal Clean Water Act, as well as comply with a clean up and abatement order previously issued last September by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.
Susan Cloke, chair of the regional board said, "The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has been working closely with the City of Los Angeles to correct area-wide water quality pollution caused by those auto shops in the area which do not follow their permit requirements. After over a year of non-compliance by Miller's Auto Dismantling, the Regional Board requested EPA action. We appreciate this cooperative relationship with the EPA and anticipate other cooperative actions in the future."
Specifically, Miller's Auto Dismantling is violating its national pollutant discharge elimination system storm water permit requirements by not implementing certain management practices, such as storing scrap metal and automobile parts in a manner that could reduce or eliminate the chance for stormwater runoff to be contaminated.
Miller's Auto Dismantling must also comply with the EPA's monitoring, sampling, and record keeping requirements to ensure it operates its facility in an ecologically responsible manner.