WQCS00329_NOV-2023-DV-0006_20230109

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4115 5696
Return Receipt Reauested
January 09, 2023
Preston Mitchell
Town of Nashville
PO Drawer 987
Nashville, NC 27856
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2023-DV-0006
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00329
Nashville Collection System
Nash County
Dear Mr. Mitchell:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
Town of Nashville. The Division's Raleigh Regional Office concludes that the Town of Nashville violated Permit
Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00329 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 Nashville an opportunity to provide evidence and justification
as to why the Town of Nashville 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
202201830 12/18/2022 150 610 Western Ave, Grease 2,250 2,250 Notice of Violation -
Nashville, NC, 27856 Notice of Intent
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Dlvhlan of Water Reswuces
RaleghRaglan* Office 1MOO Barrett Drlre I NorthCarolna27609
919.79L4100

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].
Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office . MOO barren Drive I Raleigh North Carolina M409
919.791AI00