WQ0035784_Notice of Violation_20230118

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0002 0860 9673
Return Receipt Requested
Sean Dwyer
Wallace Loft LLC
5 Bryant Park 28th Floor
New York, NY 10018
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
January 18, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION and NOTICE OF DEFICIENCY
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-LM-0012 and NOD-2023-PC-0035
Permit No. WQ0035784
The Cottages of Boone WWTP
Watauga County
Dear Permittee:
A review of the July and September 2022 Non -Discharge Monitoring Report (NDMR) and July 2022 Groundwater
Monitoring Report (GW-59) for the subject facility
revealed the
violation(s) indicated below:
;Limit Exceedance Violation(s):
Sample
Limit Reported
Location Parameter
Date
Value Value
Type of Violation
001 Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as
9/13/2022
6 31.36
Daily Maximum Exceeded
N) (00610)
001 Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as
9/30/2022
4 31.36
Monthly Average Exceeded
N) (00610)
Monitoring Violation(s):
Sample
Monitoring
Location Parameter
Date
Frequency
Type of Violation
001 pH (00400)
9/10/2022
5 X week
Frequency Violation
001 pH (00400)
9/24/2022
5 X week
Frequency Violation
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
7� 336.776.9860

Reporting Violation(s):
Sample
Location
Parameter
Date Type of Violation
001
Nitrogen, Nitrate Total (as N) (00620)
9/30/2022 Parameter Missing
Monitoring Deficiencv(s):
Sample
Monitoring
Location
Parameter Date
Frequency Type of Deficiency
001
pH (00400) 7/9/2022 5 X week Frequency Violation
001
pH (00400) 7/23/2022 5 X week Frequency Violation
Reporting Deficiency(s):
Sample
Location
Parameter
Date Type of Deficiency
9/30/2022 Late/Missing GW-59
001
Nitrogen, Nitrate Total (as N) (00620)
7/31/2022 Parameter Missing
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct any noted problems. The Division of
Water Resources may pursue enforcement actions for this and any additional violations. If the violations are of a
continuing nature, not related to operation and/or maintenance problems, and you anticipate remedial
construction activities, then you may wish to consider applying for a Special Order by Consent (SOC).
If you have any questions concerning this matter or to apply for an SOC, please contact Caitlin Caudle of the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800.
Sincerely,
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gned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Watauga County Environmental Health (electronic copy)
Eric Youngs (electronic copy)
Madelyn Mills (electronic copy)
Christopher Garnic (electronic copy)
North Carolina Department of Environmental Qua€ity I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776,9800