WQCS00236_NOV-2021-DV-0334_20210810

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 2219 2801
Return Receipt Requested
K Owen Scott, Mayor
Town of Littleton
PO Box 87
Littleton, NC 27850-0087
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 10, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0334
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00236
Littleton Collection System
Halifax County
Mayor Scott:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Littleton 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
202101544 7/8/2021 285 Oak Street
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
Inflow and Infiltration, 10,000 10,000 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition
202101545 7/8/2021 195 Church Street Inflow and Infiltration, 7,500 7,500 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Catalay Dlvhlon of War Reaourae
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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.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
cc: Regional Office - WQS File
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Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Ceram Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 360D Barrett Drive Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.191:4200