WQCS00046_NOV-2021-DV-0225_20210422

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELL[ -GATT[
Secretory
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7019 1120 0000 8362 1052
Return Receipt Requested
Adrian T Miller
City of Belmont
PO Box 431
Belmont, NC 28012-0431
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 22, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0225
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00046
Belmont Collection System
Gaston County
Dear Mrs. Miller:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Belmont 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(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202100968 3/2/2021
65 101 Hugh Street Debris in line
1,625 1,625 Notice of Violation
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
D_E Q
North Carolina Department of Environmental quality I Division of water Resources
Mooresville Reglonal OfIke 1610 F..-Center Awnue, suite 301 I Muor SVIIk, No Carolina 28115
704.6631699

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 at [e-mail] or
[e-mail].
Cc: Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
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
D_E
North Carolina Department of Environmental Qualtty I Division of Water Resources
Mooresville Regional ice 1 6l0 East Center Avenue, juke 301 I Mooresvilk, North Carolina $8115
704.663.1699