WQ0029169_Other_20230822

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
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CERTIFIED MAIL 7 7a.2z 1l070 o00o ag74- 3�$ s August 22, 2023
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Kenneth K. Talton, Mayor
Town of Mount Olive
PO Box 939
Mount OIive, NC 28365-0939
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-SP-0003
SOC EMC WQ S20-002
Permit Nos. NC0020575, WQCS00129, WQ0029169
Mount Olive WWTP and Collection System
Wayne County
Dear Mr. Talton:
This letter is to inform you that a file review on August 22, 2023 concluded that the Town of Mount Olive
has not submitted a quarterly progress report for the October through December 2022 quarter. The failure to
complete this task by the date stipulated in the Special Order by Consent is a violation of the Order. The report
was due on February 1, 2023.
The Special Order by Consent contains a stipulated penalty of $1000 for the first violation and then the penalty
doubles with each subsequent assessment for late reports. A stipulated penalty of $1000 was issued under Case
No. SP-2023-0032 on August 17, 2023. A stipulated penalty of $2000 will be assessed under Case No. NOV-
2023-SP-0002. The calculated penalty for this violation is $4,000 dollars. Paragraph 4 of the Consent Order
states in part that the stipulated penalties are not due if the Town satisfies the Division that non-compliance was
caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control.
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 his 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.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources E
Washington Regional Office - 943 Washington Square Mall - Washmgton, North Caroline, 27989
� 252-946-6481