WQCS00012_NOV-2020-DV-0177_20200420

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ROY COOPER
Govemor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
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NCR7H CAROLINA
Environmental Q..Hty
CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7017 0190 0000 9534 3861
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 20, 2020
James R Flechtner, PE
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
235 Government Center Dr
Wilmington, NC 28403
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0177
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00012
CFPUA Collection System
New Hanover County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Cape Fear Public Utility Authority
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 cited in the subject report includes the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202000622 2/10/2020 197 Barnards Creek FM Other 43,382 43,382 Notice of Violation
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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 60 days following receipt of this violation. Please
include any additional documentation about this incident in the response. The submittal will be considered in
determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for the cited violation.
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