WQCS00246_Enforcement (Letter)_20191029

ROY COOPER
6orerr,or
K41C IAEL S. REGAN
Serrerary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Drrfftor
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7018 1830 0000 9509 8775
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 29, 2019
Dennis K Liles, Mayor
Town of Snow Hill
PO Box 247
Snow Hill, NC 28580-1409
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0407
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00246
Snow Hill Collection System
Greene County
Dear Mr. Liles:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Snow Hill indicates violations
of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include failing to
effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the land or
surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a
permit is required.
Specific incident cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201901633 10/9/2019 150 near/behind the Debris in line, Other 1,200 1,200 Notice of Violation
residence of 116 W.
Greene Street in the
low land wooded area
North Caro rs Department of Erv:r.:.r. msnts Qua ty I D v.sor. of Water Faso4rces
Wash rgton Reflona-Offce 1 943 Wask rflton Swsre his:: I Wash'r.gtar, North Cero :ra 27589
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Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Toppen with the Water Quality Section in
the Washington Regional Office at 252-946-6481 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
ROW T""
Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Washington Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
North Caro rs Department of Erv:ror. msnts 'qua ty I D v.sor. of Water Feso4rces
Wash rgton Reflona-Offce 1943 Wask rflton Swsre his:: I Wash'r.gtor, North Cero :ra 27589
ems, 252 *4 —64B I