NC0025381_Remission (Decision)_20191107

ROY COOPER
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CU.LPEPPER
Water Resources Director
ENVIRONMENTAL OUALITY
November 7, 2019
CERTIFIED MAIL ITEM 7015_0640 0007 9833 5974 - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. C. Shannon Baldwin
Town Manager
P.O. Box 255
Lake Lure, NC 28746
SUBJECT: CIVIL PENALTY REMISSION REQUESTS
Lake Lure WWTP
Permit NCO025381
Cases LV-2019-0205
LV-2019-0206
LV-2019-0207
DV-2019-0121
Rutherford County
Dear Mr. Baldwin:
I have considered the information submitted by your municipality in support of a request for
remission in the subject cases. In accordance with NCGS 143-215.6A (f), I have found no cause to
remit the original civil penalty assessments which total $5,478.36.
If you choose to pay the penalties, send payment to the letterhead address within thirty (30) days
of receipt of this letter. Please make the check[s] payable to NC DEQ.
If payment is not received within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter, in accordance with NCGS
§ 143-215.6A (f), your requests for remission of the civil penalties (with supporting documents) and
my recommendation to deny the requests will be delivered to the North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission's (EMC) Committee On Civil Penalty Remissions (Committee) for final
agency decision.
If you desire to make an oral presentation to the Committee on why your requests for remission
meet one or more of the five statutory factors you were asked to address, you must complete and
return the attached forms within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter. Please mail the
completed forms to:
Mr. Charles H. Weaver
NC DEQ / DWR / NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-3616

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Your request for an oral presentation and the documents in this matter will be reviewed by the
EMC Chairman and, if it is determined that there is a compelling reason to require an oral
presentation from you, you will be notified by certified mail of the date, time, and place that your
oral presentation can be made. Otherwise, the final decision on your request for remission will be
made by the Committee based on the written record.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions about this letter, please
contact Mr. Weaver at [phone] or [e-mail].
;S"rely,
r- Linda Culpepper
Director, Division of Water Resources
cc: NPDES file