WQCS00129_NOV-2023-DV-0323_20230817

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
s STATE,
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7019 2970 0001 3140 2040
Return Receipt Reauested
August 17, 2023
Kenny Talton, Mayor
Town of Mount Olive
PO Box 939
Mount Olive, NC 28365-0939
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0323
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - April 2023
SOC EMC WQ S20-002
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00129
Mount Olive Collection System
Wayne County
Dear Honorable Talton:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Mount Olive 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:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202300680 4/9/2023 280 Manhole at influent Inflow and Infiltration, 7,000 7,000 Notice of Violation
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This letter is to inform you that the Special Order by Consent contains a stipulated penalty of $5000 per violation.
Paragraph 4 of the Consent Order states in part that the stipulated penalties are not due if the Town satisfies the
Division that on -compliance was caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control as outlined in the
SOC.
If you have justification that this violation was caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control, you
must reply in writing to the Washington Regional Office within ten (10) days after receipt of this Notice. Your
justification will be reviewed, and a recommendation forwarded to the Director for their consideration. In the
absence of such justification, this Office shall proceed with recommendations that the Director demand payment of
the stipulated penalty as included in the Consent Order.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Toppen with the Water Quality Section in
the Washington Regional Office at 252-946-6481 or via email at [e-mail].
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Sincerely,
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Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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