NC0020737_NOV2017LV0319_20170517

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Roy Cooper Michael S. Regan
Governor ` ` - ` g`-=' Secretary
9 May 2017
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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. Ricky Duncan, Water Resources Director
City of Kings Mountain
P.O. Box 429
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086
Dear Mr. Duncan:
RECEIVED/NCDEQ/DWR
MAY 15`° 2017
Water Quality
Permitting Section
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
NOV-2017-LV-0319
EMC-SOC-WQ-S1'6-001
Permit No. N00020737
Pilot Creek WWTP
Cleveland County
On July 1, 2016, the City of Kings Mountain and the Environmental Management
Commission entered into the subject Special Order by Consent (SOC) whereby the subject Pilot
Creek WWTP was granted relaxed effluent limitations from those imposed by the NPDES Permit.
The SOC contains provisions for the assessment of stipulated penalties when modified limits are
exceeded or schedule .dates are not met. -
A review of Kings Mountain's Pilot Creek WWTP's monitoring report for August 2016
showed the following violation:
Parameter
Date
Interim
Reported
Limit Type
Limit
Value
Thallium
08/31/2016
60.1 ug/ L
72.5 ug/ L
Monthly Average
Exceeded
You are directed to immediately take whatever remedial actions are necessary to correct
the problems that have led to this violation. Section III of the SOC stipulates penalties for
noncompliance with any modified limits contained in the SOC. Section IV of the SOC lists certain
conditions under which the stipulated penalties are not due.
If you have information that will establish to the satisfaction of the 'Division of Water
Resources that the conditions set forth in Section :IV have been met, you must submit this.
information. in.writina to the. Mooresville Regional Office within ten (10) dans after receipt of this
notice. If the Division isnot satisfied that the conditions set forth in Section IV have been met,
this Office will proceed with assessment of stipulated penalties as provided for in the SOC.
Water Quality Regional Operations — Mooresville Regional Office
610 E. Center Avenue, Suite 301, Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
Phone ' [phone] FAX [phone]
Internet: http://portal.ncdenr.orWWeb/wq
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

Mr. Ricky Duncan
9 May 2017
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If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ori Tuvia or me
at [phone].
Sincerely,
W. Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations, NCDEQ
Mooresville Regional Office
cc: WQ MRO Files/ SOC
MSC 1617 -Central Files -Basement
NPDES Point.Source Branch/ SOC