NC0024333_Annual Report_20230505

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Kyle Ketchum, WWTP Superintendent
City of Monroe
Post Office Box 69
Monroe, NC 28111-0069
Dear Mr. Ketchum:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 5, 2023
SUBJECT: Notice of Deficiency
PAR Review
City of Monroe
NPDES Permit No. NCO024333
Union County
Tracking No. NOD-2023-PC-0129
Mooresville Regional Office staff has reviewed your Pretreatment Annual Report (PAR) for the reporting period of
January through December 2022. Based on the review, this letter is being issued as a Notice of Deficiency (NOD) due to
the City's failure to properly implement the Pretreatment Program, violations of North Carolina General Statute (G.S.)
143-215.1, 15A North Carolina Administrative Code (NCAC) 2H .0905, and the subject NPDES Permit. Specifically,
the City failed to initiate enforcement according to the Division approved Enforcement Response Plan (ERP) on
Atrium -Union (IUP #CM-14) for an ammonia limit violation during first half of 2022. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a
civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) per violation per day, may be assessed against
any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued
pursuant to G.S.143-215.1
The City provided an emailed response to this Office on May 1, 2023, that included copies of both the corrected
Atrium -Union IDSF and the enforcement action issued to Atrium -Union for the ammonia limit violation. After a review
of the updated PAR, the City has completed the PAR in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H .0908(b) requirements and
guidelines set forth in the Comprehensive Guidance for North Carolina Pretreatment Programs. The next PAR will be
due March 1, 2024.
The City's emailed response also included actions taken to prevent the recurrence of this violation; therefore, this
Office will not require any additional responses. If you would like to provide additional information regarding this
letter, please respond in writing to this Office by May 26, 2023.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
704.663.1699

If there are any questions concerning this letter or the PAR, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Wes Bell at (704)
235-2192 and/or Mr. Keyes McGee at [phone], or via email at wes.bellkncdenr.gov and
ke, e�geekncdenr.gov.
Cc: NPDES Program Files - Laserfiche
Sincerely,
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G.
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality [ Division of Water Resources
Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville. North Carolina 28115
704.663.1699