NCS000449_Cramerton Council Resolution_20220411

Resolution No.: 2022-07
Date Adopted: April 7, 2022
RESOLUTION AFFRIMING THE TOWN OF CRAMERTON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS' SUPPORT
REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPLIANT NPDES MS4 STORMWATER PROGRAM
A RESOLUTION to develop and implement a compliant stormwater management program that meets
the requirements of the Town of Cramerton National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit Number NCS000449 to discharge stormwater,
inclusive of the required Stormwater Management Plan to be prepared by the Town of Cramerton and
approved by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.
WHEREAS, Section 402(p) of the federal Clean Water Act requires NPDES permits for stormwater
discharges from municipal separate storm sewer systems; and
WHEREAS, in North Carolina, NPDES Permits are issued by the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the Town of Cramerton its
third NPDES MS4 Permit for discharge of stormwater on February 20`n, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Cramerton was issued Notice of Violation number NOV-2022-PC-0072 on March
24`n 2022 for non-compliance with the issued NPDES MS4 Permit; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Cramerton acknowledges the specific Notice of Violation requirements to obtain
a new individual NPDES MS4 Permit; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Cramerton acknowledges the specific Notice of Violation requirements to
conduct a self -audit of permit compliance for the balance of permit requirements not specifically
audited by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, and to develop a draft Stormwater
Management Plan to comply with Section 402(p)(3)(B)(iii) of the Clean Water Act, 40 CFR 122.34(b) and
NPDES MS4 permit requirements, and to submit its draft Stormwater Management Plan to the North
Carolina Department of Environmental Quality no later than July 22"d, 2022 for review and approval; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Cramerton acknowledges the specific Notice of Violation requirement to adopt a
Council Resolution to implement a compliant and enforceable stormwater management program as
defined by both the NPDES MS4 Permit number NCS000449 and the required new Stormwater
Management Plan, and said resolution is to be submitted to the North Carolina Department of
Environmental Quality no later than May 23rd, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Cramerton acknowledges the requirement to provide adequate funding and
staffing to implement a Stormwater Management Program that complies with its NPDES MS4 Permit
and approved Stormwater Management Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Town of Cramerton acknowledges that the North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality enforcement action and penalties could result from non-compliance with the specific
requirements in Notice of Violation number NOV-2022-PC-0072; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Cramerton acknowledges that any North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality enforcement action and penalties may not prohibit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
from taking its own enforcement action for non-compliance with the issued NPDES MS4 Permit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Cramerton hereby
affirms its support for development and implementation of a compliant NPDES MS4 Stormwater
Program.
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Nelson Wills, Mayor
Jo a Watkins, Stormwater Program Administrator
David Pugh, Town Ma ager
Wilene Cunningham, Town Clerk
ADOPTED BY the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Cramerton, North Carolina the 7t' day of April,
2022, and signed in authentication thereof on the 7th day of April, 2022.
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