WQCS00056_NOV-2021-DV-0428_20211007

ROY COOPER
Governor
EUZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 2219 3129
Return Receipt Requested
Roy Lynch, Town Manager
Town of Siler City
PO Box 769
Siler City, NC 27344
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 07, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0428
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00056
Siler City Collection System
Chatham County
Dear Mr. Lynch:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Reports submitted by
Town of Siler City. The Division's Raleigh Regional Office concludes that the Town of Siler City violated Permit
Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00056 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection
system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO constituted
making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required by
G.S. 143-215.1.
The Raleigh Regional Office is providing the Town of Siler City an opportunity to provide evidence and justification
as to why the Town of Siler City should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized
below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101758 8/15/2021 885 1411 North Avenue, Other 750 750 Notice of Violation
North Street Pump
Station
202101841 8/24/2021 4,357 200 Chatham Square, Grease
Siler City - Manhole
behind shopping mall
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21,600 21,600 Notice of Violation -
Notice of Intent
Nam Carolina Department „DEnvironmental Quality I Division of water Re+aarcea
Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive Raleigh Norm Carona 27609
919.791.4200

This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant
to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed
against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any
permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1.
This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its
receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other
actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be
considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface
waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors
considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of
rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
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].
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Sincerely,
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Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office . 3800 Barrett Drive Raleigh North Carolna 27609
919.79U200