WQCS00129_PERMIT NO_NC0020575, WQCS00129, AND WQ0029169 NOV-2024-SP-0003_20240319

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
DhrcW
CERTIFIED MAIL 7022 1670 0000 9974 4930
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Dr. J. Jerome Newton
Town of Mount Olive
PO Box 939
Mount Olive, NC 28365-0939
NORTH CAROLINA
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March 19, 2024
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-SP-0003
SOC EMC WQ S20-002
Permit Nos. NC0020575, WQCS00129, WQ0029169
Mount Olive WWTP and Collection System
Wayne County
Dear Dr. Newton:
This letter is to inform you that a file review and site visit/meeting on February 27, 2024, concluded that the
Town of Mount Olive has failed to meet the following scheduled deadlines that are listed in the Special Order
by Consent. The failure to complete this task by the dates stipulated in the Special Order by Consent is a
violation of the Order. The following deadlines were not met.
1) On or before March 31, 2022, update and submit a map of the collection
system which includes pipe size, pipe material, pipe location, flow direction,
pipe age, and each pump station identification, location, and capacity, and
submit a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). [718 days late]
2) On or before April 30, 2022, a soil evaluation shall be submitted per permit
conditions 1. Schedules, Items 4. and 5. per Permit No. WQ0029169. [688
days late]
3) On or before June 30, 2022, complete construction of Contract I on the
WWTP repairs or modifications which includes new reclaim water irrigation
mains and spray guns, new field control valve stations (3 total) and sprigging
Coastal Bermuda on all fields. [627 days late]
North Carolma Deportment of FnvironrneaW Quahty Division of Water Resources
Waaivngton Regional Office - 943 W-hmgton Square Mall - Waghington, North Carolina, 27889
252-946-6481
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4) On or before June 30, 2022, repair all broken or uncapped cleanouts,
broken lines, unsealed manholes, connected storm drains and culverts and
unknown defects outlined in Appendix A of the AIA Report prepared by
McGill dated April 2021. [627 days late]
5) On or before February 28, 2023, complete construction of Contract II on
the WWTP repairs or modifications which includes a new 18 inch force main
from the inlet pump station to headworks, install new adjustable weir gates,
install new transfer pump station which includes new electromagnetic flow
meter to monitor and log effluent sent to the storage and upset ponds, new t '
irrigation pumps and control panel, new Parshall flume structure and
ultrasonic level transducer for effluent flow, rebuild existing sand filters 1
and 2 with new underdrain system and backwash carrier bridge
components, two six inch plug valves on sand filters 3 and 4, and replace 8
inch plug for effluent line on Clarifier 1. [384 days late]
6) On or before May 31, 2023, achieve compliance with permit conditions in
Permit No. NCO020575 and Permit No. WQ0029169. [293 days late]
7) On or before May 31, 2023, repair all offset pipe connections, plugged
inverts, and cracked pipes per Appendix B of the AIA Report prepared by
McGill dated April 2021. [293 days late]
8) On or before larch 31, 2023, twenty percent of the collection system shall
be smoked tested and videoed (Note: twenty percent shall include line that
has not been smoked tested or videoed during the AIA study.) [353 days
late]
9) On or before July 31, 2023, repairs shall address all problems found for
item 13 of the schedule. [232 days late]
10) On or before January 31, 2024, twenty percent of the collection system
shall be smoked tested and videoed (Note: twenty percent shall include line
that has not been smoked tested or videoed during the AIA study or for item
13.) [48 days late]
The Special Order by Consent contains a stipulated penalty of $100 per day for,the first seven days and $500
per day thereafter per deadline. 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.
D E North Carolina Department of Finaonmantal Quality Division of Wafer Resources
Washington Ronal Office - 943 Washington square Mall - Washington, North Carolina, 27889
252-946-6481

If you have justification that this violation was caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control, j
you must reply in writing to the Washington Regional Office within ten (10) days after receipt of this Notice. j
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.
If you have any questions concerning the above, please contact Robert Tankard at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Copy: Laserfiche
North CarolinaDeparnnentof Fnvironme tW Quality Divmion of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office - 943 Washington square Mall - Washington, North Carolina, 27889
252-946-6481