WQCS00206_NOV-2022-DV-0113_20220419

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 5688
R_durn Receipt Requested
James Buddy Gwaltney, Mayor
Town of Spring Hope
PO Box 87
Spring Hope, NC 27882
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 19, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0113
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00206
Spring Hope Collection System
Nash County
Mayor Gwaltney:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Spring Hope 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
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202200423 3/17/2022 30 811 NC-581 South Pump station 500 100 Notice of Violation
equipment failure
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.
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Noah Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13E00 Barrett Drive Raleigh North Carolina 27609
9I9.79I.4200

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,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department ofEnvironmental Qwnty Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barrett Drive Raleigh North Groin 27609
919.791.4200