WQCS00024_NOV-2020-DV-0474_20201026

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M[CHAEt S. REGRN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
NORTH CAROLINA
Director
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7019 0700 0000 3643 4480
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 26, 2020
Wayne Horne, City Manager
City of Lumberton
PO Box 1388
Lumberton, NC 28358
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0474
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00024
Lumberton Collection System
Robeson County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Lumberton. The Division's Fayetteville Regional Office concludes that the City of Lumberton violated Permit
Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00024 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 Fayetteville Regional Office is providing the City of Lumberton an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Lumberton 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
202002611 9/17/2020 240 manhole at 515 Noir Inflow and 25,000 25,000 Notice of Violation
Street Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
202002703 9/29/2020 120 Manhole @ 515 Noir St Inflow and Infiltration 800 800 Notice of Violation
North Camhns Depart ment of Environmenta!Qua4y I Division of Water Resources
Fayettevi!e Reg:oral 4rf:oe 1225 Green Street, Suite 714 I Fsyettevsi!e, North Caro!.Ds 28341
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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 Chad Turlington with the Water Quality Section in
the Fayetteville Regional Office at 910-433-3300 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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1. Trent Allen, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Fayetteville Regional Office - CT
North Ca rohna ❑epsrtrn nt of E nwron menta! Q ua Ry I ➢iviso n of Water Resou roes
Fayettevi!e Reg:oeal 4rf:oe 1 225 Green Street, Suite 714 1 Fsyettemi!e, North Caro!.Ds 28301