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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00124_NOV-2022-DV-0336 NOI_20221123ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director Certified Mail # 7020 1810 0002 1109 1995 Return Receipt Requested Clint Mack, Town Manager Town of Robbins PO Box 296 Robbins, NC 27325 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality November 23, 2022 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2022-DV-0336 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2022 Collection System Permit No. WQCS00124 Robbins Collection System Moore County Dear Permittee: A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by Town of Robbins. The Division's Fayetteville Regional Office concludes that the Town of Robbins violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00124 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 Town of Robbins an opportunity to provide evidence and justification as to why the Town of Robbins 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 202201541 10/5/2022 95 2863 Plank Rd Debris in line 1,000 1,000 Notice of Violation North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Fayetteville Regional Office 1225 Green Street. Suite 714 I Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301 910.433.3300 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. Sincerely, DocuS,iggnnedd by: Q 5189C2D3DD5C42B... J. Trent Allen, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Fayetteville Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Cc: Fayetteville Regional Office - WQS File (CT) ..o.�.m nr�.vo�muiowu� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources FayetteviEle Regional Office 1225 Green Street. Suite 714 I Fayetteville, North Caroiirta 28301 910.433.3300