WQCS00280_DV20210151_EMCSOCS19011_20210929

R.OY COOPER.
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail 7018 1130 0000 16120 6232
Return Receipt Requested
Town of Liberty
Attn: Mr. Scott Kidd
P.O. Box 1006
Liberty, NC 27289-3212
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 29, 2021
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty for Violations of
Permit No. WQCS00280
Town of Liberty SOC No. WQS19-011
Town of Liberty WWCS, Permit No. WQCS00280
Case No. DV-2021-0151
Randolph County
Dear Permittee:
On January 1, 2021, the Environmental Management Commission entered into the subject Special Order by Consent (SOC)
whereby the Town of Liberty wastewater collection system was granted interim reduced penalties for sanitary sewer
overflows (SSO) from the wastewater collection system in exchange for the Town of Liberty's commitment to a schedule
of improvements that will return the facility to compliance with the terms of the Non -Discharge Permit. The SOC contains
provisions for the assessment of stipulated penalties when either a SSO occurs, or schedule dates are not met.
A review has been conducted of the SSO 5-Day Reports submitted by the Town of Liberty for the month of February 2021.
This review has shown the subject facility to be in violation of the requirements found in Permit No. WQCS00280 and
Special Order of Consent No. S 19-011. This letter provides notice of a civil penalty assessed against The Town of
Liberty in the amount of $1,000.00. The violations that occurred are summarized in Attachment A to this letter.
This assessment has been taken under the authority of G.S. 143-215.6A and delegated from the secretary of the Department
of Environmental Quality pursuant to G.S. 143-215.36(b)(7). Any continuing violations shall be subject to new enforcement
actions, including additional civil penalties.
Payment by certified check payable to the Department of Environment Quality or evidence to support your claim that
noncompliance was beyond the permittee's control must be submitted to the Department at the address given below within
thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of this demand:
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Director, Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9800

If you have any questions, please contact Ron Boone with the Division of Water Resources staff of the Winston-Salem
Regional Office at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].
ATTACHMENTS
1. Attachment A
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
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Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality j Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9800

ATTACHMENT A
Town of Liberty
CASE NUMBER: DV-2021-0151
PERMIT NO: WQCS00280
FACILITY: Liberty Collection System
REGION: Winston-Salem
COUNTY: Randolph
Other Violations
INCIDENT VIOLATION TOTAL VOLUME PENALTY
NUMBER DATE VIOLATION TYPE VIOLATION DESCRIPTION (GALLONS) AMOUNT
202100541 2/15/2021 CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow) Discharge without valid permit 1,350 $250.00
202100542 2/15/2021 CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow) Discharge without valid permit 2,250 $250.00
202100543 2/15/2021 CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow) Discharge without valid permit 2,250 $250.00
202100545 2/15/2021 CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow) Discharge without valid permit 2,475 $250.00