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RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
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February 20, 2024
Ricky C Duncan
City of Kings Mountain
PO Box 429
Kings Mtn, NC 28086-0429
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0115
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00036
Kings Mountain Collection System
Cleveland County
Dear Mr. Duncan:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Kings Mountain 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
202400098 1/9/2024 480 305 CLEVELAND Severe Natural 28,800 28,800 Notice of Violation
AVENUE, KINGS Condition Winter Storm 2024
MOUNTAIN,, 28086
North Carolina Department of 10 East Cen er Quality I D vlsbn la Water Resources
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Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations. Regarding the SSO's that occurred on January 9 & 10, 2024, and in keeping with the
Governor's Executive Order No. 300, which declared a statewide state of emergency for the Severe Weather Event
that occurred, the Division of Water Resources is utilizing its enforcement discretion and only issuing a Notice of
Violation for events that noted`Severe Natural Conditions'as contributing to SSO's on those dates. No Additional
response to the Division is necessary for events that occurred within those dates.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Joanna Harbison with the Water Quality Regional
Operations Section in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email at
Joanna.harbison©deq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
�DoeuSigned by:
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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Central Files, Water Quality Section
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