WQCS00129_NOV-2021-DV-0191_20210412

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLI-GATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7020 1810 0001 5981 2195
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 12, 2021
Kenneth K. Talton, Mayor
Town of Mount Olive
PO Box 939
Mount Olive, NC 28365-0939
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0191
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — March 2021
SOC EMC WQ S20-002
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00129
Mount Olive Collection System
Wayne County
Dear Honorable Talton:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Mount Olive 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 include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101128 3/31/2021 1,260 408 Wilkins Farm Road Inflow and Infiltration, 376,500 376,500 Notice of Violation
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This letter is to inform you that the Special Order by Consent contains a stipulated penalty of $2000 per violation.
Paragraph 4 of the Consent Order states in part that the stipulated penalties are not due if the Town satisfies the
Division that on -compliance was caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control as outlined in the
SOC.
If you have justification that this violation was caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control, you
must reply in writing to the Washington Regional Office within ten (10) days after receipt of this Notice. Your
justification will be reviewed, and a recommendation forwarded to the Director for their consideration. In the
absence of such justification, this Office shall proceed with recommendations that the Director demand payment of
the stipulated penalty as included in the Consent Order.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Robert Tankard with the Water Quality Section in
the Washington Regional Office at 252-946-3921 or via email at [e-mail].
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Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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