NC0081736_NOV-2019-TX-0016/17/18_20190328

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MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
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CERTIFIED MAIL: 7012 2210 0002 3534 9892
Mr. Randell Woodruff
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 28, 2019 RECEIVED/NCIIENR/IJYYir;
APR 04 2019
Pender County
Water Quality Regional
PO Box 5 Operations Section
Burgaw, NC 28425-0005
Wilminat� ^,:^ a! Office
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION: INC NOV-2019-TX-0016, NC NOV-2019-TX-0017, NC NOV-2019-TX-0018
Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing
NPDES Permit No. NCO081736
Melinda K. Knoerzer Adaptive Ecosystem Wastewater Treatment Facility
Fender County
Dear Mr. Woodruff:
This is to inform you that the Aquatic Toxicity Branch, ATB, has not received your toxicity self -monitoring report
form for the months of December 2018, January 2019 nor February 2019. This is in violation of Title 15A of the
North Carolina Administrative Code, Chapter 2, Subchapter 213, Section .OS06 (a)(1)(A) which states that "monthly
monitoring reports shall be filed no later than 30 days.after the end of the reporting period for which the report
was made."
Information contained on your eDMR and gathered through correspondence with the Wilmington Regional Office
indicates that a toxicity test was not conducted during the months of December 2018, January and February 2019.
Please remember that reporting of toxicity self -monitoring data is a dual requirement. Toxicity test results must
be entered on your Discharge Monitoring Report and the Toxicity Reporting Form (AT Report Form) must be
submitted to: DWQ/ESS, 1621 Mail Service Center, Raleigh NC 27699-1621 within the required time frame. This
information and the following statement can be found in section A. (3.) of your permit: "Should the permittee fail
to monitor during a month in which toxicity monitoring is required, then monthly monitoring will begin
immediately until such time that a single test is passed."
Due to the multiple failures to monitor a Civil Penalty Assessment, CPA, will be issued accordingly in a separate letter.
The reverse side of this Notice contains important information concerning your Whole Effluent Toxicity Monitoring
and Reporting Requirements. We encourage you to review this information; if it would be helpful to discuss this
situation or possible solutions to resolve effluent toxicity noncompliance, please contact Ms. Cindy Moore at (919)
743-8442 or Ms. Susan Meadows at (919) 743- 8439.
t`erel ,
Cin y re, Supervisor Aquatic Toxicology Branch
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
cc: Kenny P. Keel, Director Fender WWTP
Dean Hunkele —Wilmington Regional Office
Central Files
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources / Water
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_ u �E / 4401 Reedy Creek Road 11621 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1621
919-743-8400