NC0020290_compliance (remission decision 0150)_20210824

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
August 24, 2021
CERTIFIED MAIL ITEM 7018 1830 0001 8037 2155 - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Ms. Heather Hockaday
Town Administrator
P.O. Box 97
Burnsville, NC 28714-0097
SUBJECT: CIVIL PENALTY REMISSION REQUEST
Burnsville WWTP
Permit NC0020290
Case LV-2021-0150
Yancey County
Dear Ms. Hockaday:
I have considered the information you submitted in support of a request for remission in the
subject case. In accordance with NCGS 143-215.6A (f), I have found no cause to remit the
original civil penalty assessment which totals $1,727.20.
If you choose to pay the penalties, send payment to the letterhead address within thirty (30) days
of receipt of this letter. Please make the check[s] payable to NC DEQ.
If payment is not received within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter, in accordance with NCGS
§ 143-215.6A (fj, your requests for remission of the civil penalties (with supporting documents) and
my recommendation to deny the requests will be delivered to the North Carolina Environmental
Management Commission's (EMC) Committee On Civil Penalty Remissions (Committee) for final
agency decision.
If you desire to make an oral presentation to the Committee on why your requests for remission
meet one or more of the five statutory factors you were asked to address, you must complete and
return the attached forms within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter. Please mail the
completed forms to:
Mr. Charles H. Weaver
NC DEQ / DWR / NPDES
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Your request for an oral presentation and the documents in this matter will be reviewed by the
EMC Chairman and, if it is determined that there is a compelling reason to require an oral
presentation from you, you will be notified by certified mail of the date, time, and place that your
oral presentation can be made. Otherwise, the final decision on your request for remission will be
made by the Committee based on the written record.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1617 Mail Service Center 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000North Carolina

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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions about this letter, please
contact Mr. Weaver at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
v
S. Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
cc: NPDES file