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BILL HOL <1.
SECRETARY
KERR T. STE;VE:NS
DIRECTOR
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ENVIRONMENT AND N.ATURAL :Esi: yL,.
September 29, 2000
CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
The Honorable Joe M. Estridge
The Mayor of The Town of Ansonville
P.O. Box 437
Ansonville, N.C. 28007
DIVISION OF WATER QuAL
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty
for Violations ofN.C. General Statute 143-215.1(a)(6)
and NPDES Permit NC0081825
Town of Ansonville Wastewater Treatment System
Case No. LV 00-406
Anson County
Dear Mayor Estridge:
This letter transmits a Notice of Violation and assessment of civil penalty in the amount of
$2,322.19 ($2,250.00 civil penalty + $72.19 enforcement costs) against the Town of Ansonville.
This assessment is based upon the following facts: a review has been conducted of the
discharge monitoring report (DMR) submitted by the Town of Ansonville for the month of JUNE
2000. This review has shown the subject facility to be in violation of the discharge limitation
requirements found in NPDES Permit NC0081825. The violations which occurred in JUNE 2000
are summarized in Attachment A to this letter.
Based upon the above facts, I conclude as a matter of law that the Town of Ansonville
violated the teinis, conditions or requirements of NPDES Permit NC0081825 and N.C.G.S. 143-
215.1(a)(6) in the manner and extent shown in Attachment A. A civil penalty, in accordance with the
maximums established by N.C.G.S. 143-215.6A(a)(2), may be assessed against a person who violates
the terms, conditions or requirements of a permit required by N.C.G.S. 143-215.1(a).
Based upon the above findings of fact and conclusions of law, and in accordance with
authority provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and
the Director of the Division of Water Quality, I, Paul E. Rawls, Division of Water Quality
Regional Supervisor for the Fayetteville Region, hereby make the following civil penalty
assessment against the Town of Ansonville:
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