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ROY COOPER
Governor
NIICHAEt S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
NORTH CAROLINA
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Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7018 3090 0001 2328 4464
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 22, 2020
David Odom, Manager Town
Town of Taylorsville
204 Main Ave Dr SE
Taylorsville, NC 28681
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0451
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00135
Taylorsville Collection System
Alexander County
Dear Mr. Odom:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
Town of Taylorsville. The Division's Mooresville Regional Office concludes that the Town of Taylorsville violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00135 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their
collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO
constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is
required by G.S. 143-215.1.
The Mooresville Regional Office is providing the Town of Taylorsville an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the Town of Taylorsville should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202002614 9/17/2020 180 Pump Station @ 1428 Inflow and 18,000 18,000 Notice of Violation
Paul Payne Store Rd Infiltration, Severe Intent to Enforce
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This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. 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.
This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its
receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other
actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be
considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface
waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors
considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of
rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Meilinger or me with the Water Quality Section
in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email [e-mail] or
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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W. Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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