Environmental complaint received 2023-01-13 13:00:00
Source: D. H. Horton Builders,
Source location: Osprey Cove, 
St. Mary's, Georgia 31558
Complaint location: Osprey Cove St. Marys

Greetings,

I’d like to inform you of repeated violation of EPD rules on a federal and state basis occurring in our neighborhood where D. H. Horton (Contractor) is building homes. Please advise if these observations are worthy of your attention by your Air Branch or Land Branch or both. To be fair, I have an extensive background in managing EHS in the US and Globally. 

Most notably:

•	Repeated violation of the engine idling expectations of our Federal and State laws; most recently, a diesel truck idling in excess of 45 minutes earlier this afternoon. This is a repeat violation, all of which I have notified our Home Owner’s Association of to little or no avail. In GA, for example, the limit is 15 minutes except when the temperature is below 32 degrees Fahrenheit when it is extended to 25 minutes
•	Repeated violation of housekeeping standards by knocking down barriers and bunding required to keep loose dirt, wood debris from washing into the street and sewers, thereby creating blockage of sewer gray water exfiltration through the sewer system for proper treatment and disposal, notwithstanding the health issues created by this practice to all of us who live here
•	Repeated neglect to enforce the general duty clause in the practice of hearing protection, noise mitigation, eye protection (ANSI Z-87.1) and other components of the General Duty Clause; in addition, this is a neighborhood with children, pedestrians and seniors, not a construction zone, yet heavy unloading repeatedly occurs with no ground flagman or other warning to our population (heavy equipment is repeatedly run up an down the street without signals or signalpersons on foot to assure safe transit (most certainly out of your purview, yet an associated concern.

I know that our Owner’s Association has sued Horton over similar violations while building in another part of our community without an obvious impact on their behavior and performance

I should like to think you would be able to send one of your team to inspect this construction and determine whether or not this complaint(s) is/are valid. 

Respectully,

Jim Joyce (mobile: 508-xxx-xxxx)