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The SWCB was concerned that discharge monitoring Reports were late. In April inspectors from the northern region office arrived to do a laboratory inspection. WSA jnember Jimmy Swindler Jr. was present for this inspection. SWCB inspectors noted problems with the plant that they did not bring to Mr. Swindler’s attention. ; Mr. Swindler did discover that two pieces of equipment were not operating correctly and that Mr. Falls was not conducting the tests in a way that satisfied the inspectors. Within a week the two pieces of equipment had been replaced, and at a later meeting Mr. Swindler informed other WSA members that the new budget should include funds to provide Mr. Falls with further training. Such funds were included in the current budget.
The SWCB made three other inspections of the plant gathering further evidence of violations, but only after the feist visit July 7 did they tell Mr. Swindler of the serious problems their inspections were uncovering. Apparently they were assuming the WSA was in “cahoots” with the operator to cover up the violations.
Within 24 hours the WSA contracted with Environmental Systems Services of Culpeper to operate the plant, and within two weeks the plant was operating correctly. Thus, while the WSA members may have been lax in their supervision of Mr. Falls, they responded quickly and properly when they became aware of the serious problems at
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