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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00007_NOV-2022-DV-0002 NOI_20220107ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director Certified Mail # 7020 1810 0002 1109 2664 Return Receipt Requested Marion J Noland, Chief Operating Officer Fayetteville Public Works Commission PO Box 1089 Fayetteville, NC 28302-1089 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality January 06, 2022 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2022-DV-0002 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2021 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00007 PWC/Fayetteville Collection System Cumberland County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by Fayetteville Public Works Commission. The Division's Fayetteville Regional Office concludes that the Fayetteville Public Works Commission violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00007 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 Fayetteville Regional Office is providing the Fayetteville Public Works Commission an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the Fayetteville Public Works Commission should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are summarized below: Incident Start Duration Number Date (Mins) Location Cause Total Vol Total Surface Vol Water (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202102272 12/16/2021 239 100 Twin Acres Drive - Debris in line, Grease FPWC manhole in easement area 9,560 9,560 Notice of Violation 202102312 12/28/2021 66 317 McFayden Drive - Debris in line, Grease 2,945 500 Notice of Violation FPWC cleanout stack on inactive service lateral D_E North Carolina Deportment of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Fayetteville Regional ice 1223 Green Street. Suite 7141 Fayetteville. North Carolina 28301 910.4333300 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 Chad Turlington with the Water Quality Section in the Fayetteville Regional Office at 910-433-3300 or via email at chad.turlington@ncdenr.gov. Cc: Fayetteville Regional Office - CT Sincerely, Do-c_uS,iggnnedd by: Q 5189C2D3DD5C42B... J. Trent Allen, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Fayetteville Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ D_E North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Fayetteville Regional Office 1225 Cren Street. Suite Y14 I Fayetteville. North Carolina 28301 910.4333300