WQ0029169_Stipulated Penalty Demand NOV-2022-SP-0004_20230817

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
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RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 17, 2023
CERTIFIED MAIL 7022 1670 0000 9974 3247
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Kenneth K. Talton, Mayor
Town of Mount Olive
PO Box 939
Mount Olive, NC 28365-0939
Subject: Case No. SP-2023-0032
Department of Environmental Quality vs. Town of Mount Olive,
Stipulated Penalty Demand for Violation of Consent Order
EMC SOC S20-002; NOV-2022-SP-0004
Wayne County
Dear Mr. Talton:
On October 14, 2021, Mount Olive entered Special Order by Consent S20-002 with the North
Carolina Environmental Management Commission whereby the Town of Mount Olive WWTP
and collection system (Permit No. WQ0029169, Permit No, WQCS00129, Permit No.
NC0020575) is not capable of consistently meeting effluent limits in the current permits due to
infiltration/inflow and treatment issues.
Upon review of the deadline established in Section 2(b) of the SOC for submittal of quarterly
progress reports, I have concluded that a quarterly progress report was not submitted by May 1,
2022, as was noted in the Notice of Violation (NOV-2022-SP-0004) issued to the Town of Mount
Olive on June 2, 2022. Paragraph 3 of the SOC contains a stipulated penalty of $1,000 for the first
violation with the penalty doubling for each violation thereafter. The calculated penalty for the
violation listed above was given as $1,000 dollars in NOV-2022-SP-0004.
North Carolina Deparunent of Envirunn=tal Quality Division of Water Reaauces
Washington Regional Office - 943 Washington Square Mall - Washington, North Carolina. 27889
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Stipulated Penalty Demand for Violation of Consent Order
EMC SOC S20-002
August 17, 2023
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Payment by certified check payable to the Department of Environmental Quality or evidence to
support your claim that noncompliance was beyond the Company's control must be submitted to
the Department at the address given below within fourteen (14) days from receipt of this demand:
Richard E. Rogers, Jr., Director
Division of Water Resources
Dept. of Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
If you should have any questions regarding this notification, please contact Robert Tankard in the
Washington Regional Office at [phone].
Sincerely,
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for, Richard E. Rogers, Jr.
Director
Division of Water Resources
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