NC0031828_Response to Notice_20181211

Mayor Chad Braxton
Town Clerk Beverly W. Drake
December 11, 2018
Mr. Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
NCDEQ/DWR/Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall
Washington, N. C. 27889
Re: Notice of Violation & Intent to Assess Civil Penalty #NOV-2018-LV-0808
Vanceboro WWTP Permit #NC0031828
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In response to your Notice of Violation and Intent to Access Civil Penalty on November 28, 2018, the Town of
Vanceboro strives to maintain compliance with all permit requirements; however, we were in con -compliance
for the month of July, 2018, as follows:
• BOD, 5-Day for the week ending July 7, 2018(Our records show July 3, 2018), we exceeded our weekly
average limit of 7.5 mg/L with a 13 mg/L.
• NITROGEN, AMMONIA TOTAL, for the week ending July 7, 2018(Our records show July 3, 2018), we
exceeded our weekly average limit of 6 mg/L with a 7.8 mg/L.
• NITROGEN, AMMONIA TOTAL, for the week ending July 14, 2018(Our records show July 10, 2018), we
exceeded our weekly average limit of 6 mg/L with a 7.8 mg/L.
• BOD, 5-Day for the month ending July 31, 2018, we exceeded our monthly average limit of 5 mg/L with a
5.6 mg/L.
• NITROGEN, AMMONIA TOTAL, for the month ending July 31, 2018, we exceeded our monthly average
limit of 2 mg/L with a 4.06 mg/L.
As stated before, we have replaced the sand media in our sand filter, which has improved our water quality.
This work was done on July 11, 2018. Our weekly readings were within normal limits after that change was
made.
If you should have any questions, or need additional information, please do not hesitate to call.
Sincerely,
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Chad E. Braxton, Mayor