WQCS00284_NOV-2022-DV-0160_20220602

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
John Nichols, PE
Brunswick County
PO Box 249
Bolivia, NC 28422-0249
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 07, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0160
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00284
Brunswick County Collection System
Brunswick County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Brunswick County 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(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202200290 2/28/2022 270 Royster Road pump Pipe Failure (Break)
station area
25,000 4,000 Notice of Violation
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.
D_E
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Wilmington Regional Office 1127 Cardinal Drive Extension I Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
910.796.7215

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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Helen Perez with the Water Quality Section in the
Wilmington Regional Office at 910-796-7215 or via email at [e-mail].
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Morella Sanchez -King, Regional Supervisor
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Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ! Division of Water Resources
Wilmington Regional Office 1127 Cardinal Drive Extension I Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
910.796.7215