NC0020061_NOV-2022-LR-0072_20221014

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 0492
Return Receipt Requested
Andrew Deionno, Town Manager
Town of Spring Hope
PO Box 87
Spring Hope, NC 27882
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 14, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION — NOTICE OF INTENT TO ENFORCE
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-LR-0072
Missing Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs)
Spring Hope WWTP
Permit No. NC0020061
Nash County
Dear Mr. Deionno:
This is to inform you that the Division of Water Resources did not receive a discharge monitoring report (DMR)
for the subject facility. Our records show that you have not submitted a DMR for the following month [see
table below].
Report Period Due D Received Date Days Late
July 2022 8/30/2022 45
This is in violation of Part II, condition D. (2.) of the NPDES permit, as well as 15A NCAC 2B .506(a), which
requires the submittal of Discharge Monitoring Reports no later than 30 calendar days after the end of the
reporting period for which the report is made. Failure to submit reports as required will subject the violator to the
assessment of a civil penalty of up to $25,000 per violation.
To prevent further action, please submit the reports within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this notice. If you
have documents proving that this record is in error, please forward them to our office. If this facility is inactive or
not constructed, you may submit a written request to suspend monitoring. The request should include a begin
date and an end date for the period of monitoring.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality . Division of Water Resources
Raklgh Regional Office 3500 Barrett Drive Rakgh North Carolina 27609
919.79L4200

Additionally, this letter provides notice that this office will recommend the assessment of civil penalties if future
reports are not received within the required time frame during the next twelve (12) reporting months. The
Division must take these steps because timely submittal of discharge monitoring reports is essential to the
efficient operation of our water quality programs.
We appreciate your assistance in this matter. If you have any questions about this letter or discharge
monitoring reports, please contact Mitchell Hayes of the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200.
Sincerely,
7d41
fwZ—Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: NPDES Program Files - Laserfiche
Raleigh Region Office - Laserfiche
North Carolina Department of Fn.tr¢mnrtol Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13BOO Barrett Drtre I Raleigh North Camino 27609
919.7914200