NC0046728_LV-02-011_20020109

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Michael F, Easley
Governor
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William G. Ross, Jr„ Secretary
North Carolina Depareneril of Environment and Natural Resources
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Acting Director
D�vision of Water Quality
January 9, 2002
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CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECEIPT EQUESTED
Mr. Richard McLean, Town Manager
To of Mooresville
P.O. Box 878
Mooresville, NC 28115
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil
Penalty for Violations of N.C. General Statute
143-215. 1 (a)(6) and NPDES Permit'No. NCO046728
Rocky River WWTP
Case No. LV 02-011
Iredell County
Dear Mr. McLean:
This letter transmits a Notice of Violation and assessment of civil penalty in the amount
of $835.45 ($750,00 civil penalty + $85.45 enforcement costs) against the Town of Mooresville.
This assessment is based upon the following facts: A review has been conducted of the
discharge monitoring report (I)MR) submitted by the To of Mooresville for the month of
September 2001. This review has shown the subject facility to be in violation of the discharge
limitations tbund in NPDES Permit No. NC004672& The violations are summarized in
Attachment A to this letter.
Based upon the above facts, I concludes a matter of law that the To of Mooresville
violated the terms, conditions or requirements of NPDES Permit No. NCO046728 and North
Carolina General Statute (G.S.) 143 -215. 1 (a)(6) in the manner and extent shown in Attachment
A. A civil penalty may be assessed in accordance with the maximums established by G.S. 143-
215.6A(a)(2).
Based upon the above findings of fact and conclusions of law, and in accordance with
authority provided by the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
and the Director of the Division of Water Quality, 1, D. Rex Gleason, Water Quality Regional
Superv,isor for the Mooresville Region, hereby make the following civil penalty assessment
against the Town of Mooresville
Customer Serviwe> Mooresville Regional Office, 919 North Main Street, Mooresville, NO 28115 PHONE [phone],99
1 800 623-7748 FAX [phone]

For of the three () violations of G.S. 14'-
15.1(a)( d NPDES Permit No. NCO046728, b
discharging waste into the waters of the State in
violation of the permit daily maximum effluent
limit for Lead.
". TOTAL CIVIL PENALTY
85.45 Enforcement costs.
TOTAL AMOUNT
Pursuant to G.S. 143- 15. i (c), in dete the amount of the penalty l have taken
into account the Findings of Pact and: one ions ofLaw and the factors set forth at G.S. 1 _,
2 .1(b), which are:
(1) The degree and extent of harru to the natural resources of the State, to the public
health, or to private property resulting from the violations;
(?) 'fbe duration and gravity of the violations;
(5) The effect on ground or surface water quantity or quality or on afirequality;
( The cast of rectifying, the damage;
(5) The amount of money saved by noncompliance;
(d) Whether the violations were committed willfully or intentionally;
ally;
( The prior record of the violator in complying or failing to comply with programs
over which the Environmental Management agement Commission has regulatory authority;
d
() The cost to the State of the enforcement procedures.
Within thirty days ofreceipt of this notice, you must do one ofthe following
1. Submit payment of the penalty:
Payment should be made directly to the carder of°the Department ofEnvironment
d Natural Resources (do not include av f orm). Payment of the penalty will
not foreclose further enforcement action for any 'continuing or new violatlon(s);,
Please submit payment to the attention of.
Point Source Compliance/Enforcement gait
Division of Water Quality
16171vlail Service Center
R lei h,_'l orth Carolina 2 ' -161 i
2. Submit a written request for remission or mitigation including a detailed
justification for such request:

request for remission or mitigation is limited to consideration of the
reasonableness of the amount of the penalty and is not the proper procedure for
contesting the accuracy of any of the statements contained in the assessment letter.
Because a remission request forecloses the option of an administrative hearing,
such a request must be accompanied by a waiver of your right to an administrative
hearing and a stipulation that there are no factual or legal issues in dispute. You
must execute and return to this office the attached waiver and stipulation form d
a detailed statement which you believe establishes whether:
a one or more of the civil penalty assessment factors in G.S. 1-2.lb
were wrongfully applied to the detriment of the petitioner;
b the violator promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting
from the violations;
tc the violations were inadvertent or a result of an accident
d the violator had been assessed civil penalties for any previous violation;
e payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for the remaining
necessary remedial actions:
Please submit this information to the attention of
Ms, Coleen Sullins,
Water Quality Section Chief
Division of Water Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, north Carolina 27699-1l
Please note that all information presented in support of a request for remission
must be submitted in writing. The Director of the Division of Water Quality will
review the information during a bimonthly enforcement conference and inforn
you of`his decision in the matter of the remission request. His response will
provide details regarding case status, directions for payment and provision for
further appeal of the penalty, to the Environmental Management Commission's
Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions. Please be advised that the Committee
cannot consider information that was not part of the original; remission request
considered by the Director and therefore, it is vMjMpqrtant that VOU Drepare a
corn fete o tuorou n statement in suDnort of vour rectuest Tor remission.
OR
. Submit a written request for an administrative bearing:
If you wish to contestany statement in this assessment letter, you roust request an
administrative hearing. This request roust be in the form of a written petition to
the Office of Administrative bearings and must conform to Chapter l SOB of"the
North Cuarolina. General Statutes. You roust

File your original petition with the
Office of Administrative Hearing
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, Now Carolina 276- l
and
Mail or hand -deliver a copyof the petition to
Mr. Dan Oakley, General Counsel
Department ent of Environment d Natural l Resources
1601 bail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 7a ffi 1 01
Failure to exercise one of the options above uithin thi days, evidenced by date
stamp (not a postmark) indicating when we received your response, will result in this matter
being referred to the Attorney General's Office with a request to initiate a civil action to collect
the penalty.
Please be advised that any continuing violation(s) may; be the subject of new
enforcement action, including an additional penalty. If you have any, questions about this civil
penalty assessment, please contact the rater Quality- Section staff of the (Mooresville Regional
l
Office at 7 / „-1 .
(Date) D. Rex Gleason, P.E.
Water Quality, regional Supervisor
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Quality
ATTACHMENTS
ee Water Quality Regional Supervisor w/ attachments
Co pli /Enibreement File w/ attachments
Central Files / attachments

Attachment
Town of Mooresville
Rocky River WT
NPDES Permit No. NCO046728
Case Number LV 02-011
Limit Violations, September 2001
Daily Maximum Limit Violations
Parameter _Reported Value Limit Units
Lead * 1 * 63 33.8 kzgll,
denotes assessment of civil penalty.

STATE OF NORTH TH A R LII A
COUNTY OF Iredell
IN THE MATTEROF ASSESSMENT
CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST
Town of MooresvillePERMIT NO. NCO046728
-
I PA.I TIC ENT OF ENVIRONMENT
AND NATURAL RESOURCES
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO AN OF
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
AND STIPULATION OF FACTS
FILE NO. LV 02-011
Having been assessed civil penalties totaling for
violation(s) as set forth in the assessment document of the Division ofWater Quality dated
the undersigned, desiring to seek remission of the civil
penalties, does hereby waive the right to an administrative hearing in the alcove -stated matter and
does stipulate that the Bets are as alleged in the assessment document. The undersigned ftirther
understands that all evidence presented in support of remission of this civil; penalty must be
submitted to the Director of the Division of eater Quality within 30 days of receipt of the notice
of assessment. No new evidence in support of a remission request will he allowed after 0 dad s
from the receipt of the notice of assessment.
This the day of 2002
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Fast Track Works,heet
Case Number
Facility Name Mooresville Town- VVWTP
Permit Number �i 4 "
Previous Case Statutory Maximun
in the Last INo per violation
ta^vo year
Number of :Assessments for previous DMRs Total Assessment Factor
* 1 0 2 0 3 0 4
Total
Percent of the Maximum P'enaity a
Authorized by .& 143- . A.
Comments
Review month = 9/01
Prepared by Richardrite a