WQCS00060_NOV-2018-DV-0125_20180424

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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 24, 2018
Rick J Hester, County Manager
Johnston County Department Of Public Utilities
PO Box 2263
Smithfield, NC 27577-2263
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-DV-0125
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2018
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00060
Johnston County Collection System
Johnston County
Dear Mr. Hester:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Johnston County Department Of
Public Utilities 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
201800051 1/10/2018 35 104 Front Street, Other 1,100 1,100 Notice of Violation
Smithfield, NC
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.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resouices
1628 Mail Service Center,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628
919-791-4200

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincepely,
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1628 Mail Service Center,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628
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