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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00280_NOV2020DV0321_20200714ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL 5. REGAN secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director NORTH CAROLINA £n vironmen tar Quality CERTIFIED MAIL # 7018 1130 0000 1612 7079 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED July 14, 2020 Roger Davis Town of Liberty PO Box 1006 Liberty, NC 27298-1006 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0321 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2020 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00280 Liberty Collection System Randolph County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by Town of Liberty. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the Town of Liberty violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00280 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required by G.S. 143-215.1. The Winston-Salem Regional Office is providing the Town of Liberty an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the Town of Liberty should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202001289 4/30/2020 295 West Kime Avenue Inflow and Infiltration 2,850 2,850 Notice of Intent 202001290 4/30/2020 295 West Kime Avenue Lift Inflow and Infiltration 2,850 2,850 Notice of Intent Station Xorth Ca rosins Deps rtment of Environmental Quality I dioision of Water Resources WinstonSaiem Rs.,onsa Office 1450 West Mathes W 11 Road, Swte 300 I WinstonSaJern, North Carom$ 27105 �,•� 336-776-.OLI�5 O Total Vol Total Surface Incident Start Duration Vol Water Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202001291 4/30/2020 135 Kinro Road Inflow and Infiltration 780 780 Notice of Intent 202001298 4/30/2020 48 Johnson Lift Station Inflow and Infiltration 1,800 1,800 Notice of Intent This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1. This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at ron.boone@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, DocuSigned by: OD2D3CE3F167456... Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Winston-Salem Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Cc: Winston-Salem Regional Office - WQS File Central Files, Water Quality Section NorthC'3ro;inaDepsrtmentoffnvironrnentalQua:ky I D;usioirofWater Resouroes WinstonSa;eir. F .onaJOffice 1 450 West Hanes Miil Road. Swte30D I WinsbanSakem, North Caroi:na 27105 336-776-9300