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ADEM (Alabama Department of Environmental Management) reports
The Preserve a US Steel Development Out of Compliance
Consent Decree between USS (United States Steel) and ADEM (Alabama Department of Environmental Management) in April of 2021 identified failures to follow BMPs (best management practices) during construction. The city of Hoover inspects construction sites at least once a month by Hoover policy. US Steel and the Preserve were fined by ADEM in April of 2021. In December of 2021 ADEM found US Steel in violation of numerous regulations. This will turn out to be the first of two decrees for the same issues. From the report "Sediment accumulation was observed leaving the site and being deposited in an UT to Hurricane Branch ". Sediment is pollution.
Culverts as designed
Culverts as designed
Culverts on Oct. 7
Culverts on Oct. 7
Imagine the force necessary to tumble these culverts.
Debris, trees and sediment leaving the Preserve Oct. 7
Debris, trees and sediment leaving the Preserve Oct. 7
Water pooling behind the culvert Oct 6 2021
Water pooling behind the culvert Oct 6 2021
Before the failure of the culverts water pools, when the culverts failed it must have looked like a tsunami as water traveled from The Preserve through Hurricane Branch
Water leaving the Preserve and down Hurricane Branch
Water leaving the Preserve and down Hurricane Branch
The debris and sediment leaving the Preserve eventually enters Paradise Lake and the Cahaba River
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