WT002804_NORE_20200218

STATE
ROY COOPER
Governor f, C
MICHAEL S.REGAN `
Secretary
BRIAN WRENN NORTH CAROLINA
Acting Dtrector Environmental Quality
February 18,2020
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Kleen-Tech, Inc.
Attention: Timothy Glenn,President
Post Office Box 1369
Hickory,North Carolina 28603
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Kleen-Tech,Inc.
Attention: Timothy Glenn, President
110 Third Street Northeast
Hildebran,North Carolina 28637
Subject: NOTICE OF RECOMMENDATION FOR ENFORCEMENT ACTION
(NOV-2019-PC-0654)
Site Number: WT002804
Kleen-Tech,Inc.
Burke County,North Carolina
Dear Mr. Glenn:
On September 11, 2019, Isaiah Reed from the Asheville Regional Office of the Division of Energy,
Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR), visited the subject site located at 110 3' Street Northeast,
Hildebran,North Carolina in Burke County. The site visit, file review,and conversation with Timothy
Glenn revealed that Kleen-Tech, Inc. has neither applied for, nor obtained coverage under, an NPDES
Individual Permit for stormwater discharges from the site.The site currently discharges stormwater
affected by processes on site to receiving waters designated as an unnamed tributary of Drowning Creek,
a Class WS-IV waterbody in the Catawba River Basin.
A Notice of Violation dated October 1, 2019 was sent to Kleen-Tech, Inc. and was received at the facility
on October 8, 2019.
An NPDES permit is required to discharge stormwater to waters of the state in accordance with G.S. 143-
215.1(a) and Title 15A North Carolina Administrative Code(hereby known as NCAC)2H .0126.
DEMLR records indicate that an application for permit coverage has not been submitted as of the date of
this notice.
wn�FQ North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Energy,Mineral and Land Resources
Asheville Regional Office 12090 U.S.Highway 701 Swannanoa,North Carolina 28778
828.296.4500

Notice of Violation
Kleen-Tech, Inc.
February 18, 2020
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This office requires that the violation,as detailed above, be properly resolved. This violation and
any future violations are subject to a civil penalty assessment of up to$25,000 per day for each
violation. Your efforts to undertake activities to bring the subject site into compliance are not an
admission, rather they arc actions that must be taken in order to begin to resolve ongoing environmental
issues.
The timeliness with which you submit an application for permit coverage,the degree and extent of harm
to the environment, and the duration and gravity of the violation(s)will be considered in any civil penalty
assessment process that may occur.
Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Isaiah Reed or myself at(828)296-
4500.
Sincerely,
Stanley E. lit , EGA
Regional Engineer
Land Quality Section
ec: Alaina Morman, Environmental Specialist
Stanley E. Aiken, Regional Engineer
Suzanne McCoy, Administrative Specialist
Lauren Garcia, Environmental Specialist