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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 25, 2018
The Honorable Eulis Willis, Mayor
Town of Navassa
334 Main Street
Navassa, NC 28451
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
NOV-2018-OP-0011
Failure to Apply for System-Wide Wastewater Collection System Permit(WQCS00383)
Navassa Collection System
Brunswick County
Dear Mayor Willis:
On May 31, 2018 correspondence from the Division of Water Resources directed you to apply for an individual
collection system permit based on an actual, permitted or Division approved average daily flow of 200,000
gallon per day or over. Your response received on June 28, 2018 disputed the average flow rates used by the
Division to determine that an individual permit is required. Further information was requested to be submitted
by August 13, 2018 to support your position that an individual permit is not required. Other information also
required to be submitted by August 13 are the operation and maintenance plan and inspection log forms.
To date the requested information has not been received nor has a permit application been submitted.
Therefore,the Town of Navassa is in violation of 15A NCAC 02T.0405(a)for failing to submit a completed
collection system permit application within 60 days of the Division's request for application.
It is imperative that the system-wide collection system permit application be completed and submitted, or
documentation of the flow rates demonstrating a permit is not required be provided, to the letterhead address
within 30 days of receiving this letter to avoid future enforcement actions. Include in your response the items
mentioned above with a required due date of August 13. A copy of the application can be downloaded from:
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ps/cs/apps
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-3600

Please be aware that, in accordance with NC General Statute 143-215.6A,the Director of the Division of Water
Quality may assess civil penalties not to exceed $25,000 per day, per violation,for violations of 15A NCAC
02T.0400, et seq. Your response to this letter will be considered in deciding whether a Notice of
Violation/Notice of Intent to Enforce will be issued regarding the above noncompliance. All correspondence
should be direct to:
Gwyn McCullough
NC Division of Water Resources
PERCS Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the completion of the permit application, please contact Dean
Hunkele at 910-796-7387 ([e-mail]) or Gwyn McCullough at 919-707-9130
([e-mail]).
Sincerely,
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Deborah Gore
PERCS Unit Supervisor
cc: Dean Hunkele,Wilmington Regional Office
Water Quality Central Files—WQCS00383
PERCS Files (electronic copy)