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Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL # 7017 0190 0000 9569 8428
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 22, 2020
Grady N Smith, Mayor
Town of Elm City
PO Box 717
Elm City, NC 27822-3970
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0458
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00299
Elm City Collection System
Wilson County
Mayor Smith:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Elm City 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 (Mina) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202002706 9/30/2020 45 at the barscreen Severe Natural 500 500 Notice of Violation
Condition
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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 Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at mitch.hayes@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
(� Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File
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