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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNC0030970_Remission (Decision)_20070607Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources June 7, 2007 CERTIFIED MAIL 7003 0500 0002 6819 4900 RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Hal Hegwer, City Manager Town of Spring Lake PO Box 617 Spring Lake , North Carolina 28390-0617 Subject: Your Request to Remit a Civil Penalty Spring Lake WWTP NPDES Permit NC0030970 Case Number: LV-2007-0074 Cumberland County Dear Mr. Hegwer: Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director Division of Water Quality I have considered the information submitted in support of your request for remission in accordance with North Carolina General Statute (N.C.G.S.) § 143-215.6A(f) and have found no grounds to modify the civil penalty assessment in the amount of $576.62. If you choose to pay the penalty, send payment to me at the letterhead address within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter. Please make your check payable to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). If payment is not received within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter, in accordance with N.C.G.S. 143-215.6A(f), your request for remission of the civil penalty (with supporting documents) and my recommendation to deny the request (with supporting documentation) will be delivered to the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission's (EMC) Committee On Civil Penalty Remissions (Committee) for final agency decision. If you desire to make an oral presentation to the Committee on why your request for remission meets one or more of the five statutory factors you were asked to address, you must complete and return the attached form within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter. Please mail the completed form to the attention of Joe Corporon at the following address: Point Source Branch Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 NorthCarolina Naturally North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone (919) 733-7015 Customer Service Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Fax (919) 733-2496 1-877-623-6748 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer— 50% Recycled/10% Post Consumer Paper Mr. David Bone, Town Manager Elizabethtown, NC Case: LV-2007-0061 Your Request to Remit a Civil Penalty p. 2 Your request for an oral presentation and the documents in this matter will be reviewed by the EMC Chairman and, if it is determined that there is a compelling reason to require an oral presentation from you, you will be notified by certified mail of the date, time, and place that your oral presentation can be made. Otherwise, the Committee will base their final decision on the written record. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact Joe Corporon at (919) 733-5083, extension 597. Sincerely, Alan W. Klimek, P.E. attachment cc: Fayetteville Regional Office Enforcement file Central Files STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA County of Cumberland IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST: Town of Spring Lake ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION DWQ Case Number LV-2007-0074 REQUEST FOR ORAL PRESENTATION I hereby request to make an oral presentation before the Environmental Management Commission's Committee On Civil Penalty Remissions in the matter of the case noted above. In making this request, I assert that I understand all of the following statements: • This request will be reviewed by the Chairman of the Environmental Management Commission and may be either granted or denied. • Making a presentation will require the presence of myself or my representative during a Committee meeting held in Raleigh, North Carolina. • My presentation will be limited to discussion of issues and information submitted in my original remission request, and because no factual issues are in dispute, my presentation will be limited to five minutes in length. This the day of , 20 SIGNATURE TITLE (President, Owner, etc.) ADDRESS TELEPHONE