NC0025321_NOVNOI2021LV0260 _20210421

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April 21, 2021

Jeff Stines
Town of Waynesville
PO Box 100
Waynesville, NC 28786-0100

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
EMC-SOC-WQ-S19-005
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-LV-0260
Permit No. NC0025321
Waynesville WWTP
Haywood County

Dear Permittee:

On December 31, 2020, the Environmental Management Commission entered into the subject Special Order by
Consent (SOC) whereby the subject WWTP was granted relaxed effluent limitations from those imposed by the
NPDES Permit, in exchange for Waynesville’s commitment to a schedule of wastewater treatment plant
improvements that will return the WWTP to compliance with the terms of the NPDES Permit. The SOC contains
provisions for the assessment of stipulated penalties when modified limits are exceeded or schedule dates are not
met.

A review of the February 2021 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the violation
indicated below:

Limit Exceedance Violation:

Parameter Date Interim Limit Reported Value Violation Type
Solids, Total Suspended-
concentration (CO530) 2/28/2021 45 mg/L 59.05 mg/L Monthly Average
Exceeded

You are directed to take any immediate remedial actions necessary to correct the problems that have led to this
violation. Section III of the SOC stipulates penalties for noncompliance with any modified limits contained in the
SOC. Section IV of the SOC lists certain conditions under which the stipulated penalties are not due.

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If you have information that will establish, to the satisfaction of the Division of Water Resources, that the
conditions set forth in Section IV have been met, you must submit this information in writing (email is acceptable)
to the Asheville Regional Office within ten (10) days after receipt of this notice. If the Division is not satisfied that
the conditions set forth in Section IV have been met, this Office will proceed with assessment of stipulated
penalties as provided in the SOC.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 828-296-4500 or Mikal Willmer at 828-296-
4686 or via email at [e-mail]

Sincerely,

G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ

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