NC0031879_compliance (remission decision 0139)_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 2179 - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Mr. J. Brant Sikes
Public Works Director
P.O. Drawer 700
Marion, NC 28752
SUBJECT: CIVIL PENALTY REMISSION REQUEST
Corpening Creek WWTP
Permit NC0031879
Case LV-2021-0139
McDowell County
Dear Mr. Sikes:
I have considered the information submitted by your municipality in support of a request for remission
in the subject case. The protracted delay in getting the necessary parts for the drive unit was noted.
Therefore, in accordance with NCGS 143-215.6A (f), the civil penalty will be reduced by $500.00.
Your municipality is responsible is responsible for the remaining penalties and enforcement costs, which
total $624.43.
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 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 (f), 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
NORTH DE Q 3
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919.707.9000 North Carolina

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made. Otherwise, the final decision on your request for remission will be made by the Committee based
on the written record.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact
Mr. Weaver at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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for S. Daniel Smith
Director, Division of Water Resources
cc: NPDES file

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
COUNTY OF McDowell DWQ Case Number LV-2021-0139
IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT OF
CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST:
City of Marion
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REQUEST FOR ORAL PRESENTATION
I hereby request to make an oral presentation before the Environmental Management Commission's
Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions in the matter of the case noted above. In making this request, I
assert that I understand all of the following statements:
• This request will be reviewed by the Chairman of the Environmental Management Commission and
may be either granted or denied.
• Making a presentation will require the presence of myself and/or my representative during a
Committee meeting held in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• My presentation will be limited to discussion of issues and information submitted in my original
remission request, and because no factual issues are in dispute, my presentation will be limited to five
(5) minutes in length.
The North Carolina State Bar's Authorized Practice of Law Committee has ruled that the appearance in a
representative capacity at quasi-judicial hearings or proceedings is limited to lawyers who are active
members of the bar. Proceedings before the Committee on Remissions are quasi-judicial. You should
consider how you intend to present your case to the Committee in light of the State Bar's opinion and
whether anyone will be speaking in a representative capacity for you or a business or governmental entity.
If you or your representative would like to speak before the Committee, you must complete and return this
form within thirty (30) days of receipt of this letter.
Depending on your status as an individual, corporation, partnership or municipality, the State Bar's Opinion affects how
you may proceed with your oral presentation. See www.ncbar.com/ethics, Authorized Practice Advisory Opinion 2006-1
and 2007 Formal Ethics Opinion 3.
• If you are an individual or business owner and are granted an opportunity to make an oral presentation before
the Committee, then you do not need legal representation before the Committee; however, if you intend on
having another individual speak on your behalf regarding the factual situations, such as an expert, engineer or
consultant, then you must also be present at the meeting in order to avoid violating the State Bar's Opinion on
the unauthorized practice of law.
• If you are a corporation, partnership or municipality and are granted an opportunity to make an oral
presentation before the Committee, then your representative must consider the recent State Bar's Opinion and
could be considered practicing law without a license if he or she is not a licensed attorney. Presentation of facts
by non -lawyers is permissible.
If you choose to request an oral presentation, please make sure that signatures on the previously submitted Remission
Request form and this Oral Presentation Request form are: 1) for individuals and business owners, your own signature
and 2) for corporations, partnerships and municipalities, signed by individuals who would not violate the State Bar's
Opinion on the unauthorized practice of law.
Also, be advised that the Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions may choose not to proceed with hearing your case if the
Committee is informed that a violation of the State Bar occurs.
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