NC0021504_NOV and Intent to Assess_20180702

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Water Resources
ENWROMMENTAL QUALITY
Certified Mail # 7015 0640 0007 8168 9497
Return ReceiRt Requested
July 2, 2018
Sam Stewart, Superintendent of Public Works
Town of Biscoe
PO Box 1228
Biscoe, NC 27209-1228
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-LV-0465
Permit No. NCO021504
Biscoe WWTP
Montgomery County
Dear Permittee:
ROY COOPER
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h1ICIAEL S_ REGAN
LD'�DA CCTLPEPPER
Irr &un Z?hwtor
RECEIVED/DENR/DWR
JUL 10 2018
Water Resources
Permitting Section
A review of the November 2017 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the
violation(s) indicated below:
Limit Exceedance Violation(s):
Sample
Limit
Reported
Location
Parameter
Date
Value
Value
Type of Violation
001 Effluent
Solids, Total Suspended -
11/18/2017
45
75
Weekly Average Exceeded
Concentration (C0530)
001 Effluent
Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as
11/25/2017
18
40
Weekly Average Exceeded
N) - Concentration (C0610)
001 Effluent
Nitrogen, Ammonia Total (as
11/30/2017
6
10.48
Monthly Average Exceeded
N) - Concentration (C0610)
001 Effluent
Solids, Total Suspended -
11/30/2017
30
37.25
Monthly Average Exceeded
Concentration (C0530)
A Notice of Violation/Intent to Issue Civil Penalty is being issued for the noted violation of North Carolina General
Statute (G.S.) 143-215.1 and the facility's NPDES WW Permit. Pursuant to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of
not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed against any person who violates or
fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any permit issued pursuant to G.S.
143-215.1.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
225 Green Street, Suite 714, Fayetteville, NC 28301-5043
910-433-3300