NC0026000_NOV-2021-LV-0179 Response_20210412

LORA MERRITT-THOMPSON
TOWN CLERK
KEVIN BULLARD
TOWN ATTORNEY
AL LEONARD JR.
TOWM MANAGER
DIANE B. WARD
FINANCE -TREASURER
Home of the North Carolina Yam Festival
TOWN OF TABOR CITY
PO. DRAWER 655
TABOR CITY, NC 28463
0:910-653-3458
F:910-653-3970
NC Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Tom Tharrington, Asst. Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section - Wilmington Regional Office
127 Cardinal Drive Ext.
Wilmington, NC 28405
April 5, 2021
Town of Tabor Citv
Permit # NCO026000
ROYCE HARPER
MAYOR
LAMONT GRATE
MAYOR PRO TEM
NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL, PENALTY
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-LV-0179
Dear Mr. Tharrington,
NELSON LEE
SAM ROGERS
DAVID MINCEY
APR 12 2021
We are in receipt of your letter on March 29, 2021 transmitting the notice of violation and intent to
assess civil penalty for February 2021. We request remission of this penalty.
The facility exceeded the Weekly Geometric Mean for Fecal Colifonn for the week ending February
20, 2021. There were very heavy rains beginning on February 12- 18/2021.The flow to the W WTP
beginning on 2/12/2021 and ending on 3/20/21 averaged 1.871 mgd with a maximum of 3.064 mgd.
The facility increased the chlorine feed rate for disinfection. The instantaneous flow was so high
with the collection of a grab sample after 9 am each day that the facility did not achieve the contact
time needed for adequate disinfection. I emailed Dean Hunkele and Helen Perez our status of very
high flows to the WWTP on 2/19/2021. The Fecal results came inftompliance range with the results
of 2/19/2021 sample.
If there are any questions, please contact Stephanie Moore [phone] or Al J. Leonard, Jr. (910)
653-3458.
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