NC0024244_Enforcement (Letter)_20230607

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 3283 0199
Return Receipt Requested
June 7, 2023
Michael Ferris, City Manager
City of Albemarle
P.O. Box 190
Albemarle, NC 28002-0190
Subject: SOC Stipulated Penalty
Tracking Number: SP-2023-0024
NPDES Permit NCO024244
Long Creek WWTP
Stanly County
Mr. Ferris:
This letter transmits a notice of a stipulated penalty assessed against the City of Albemarle in
the amount of $1,000.00. This assessment is based upon violations of conditions stated in
SOC S19-007.
Violation Description
Violation Date
Stipulated Penalty
Nitrogen, Ammonia Total
03-31-2023
$ 1,000.00
(Monthly Average)
Payment should be made directly to the order of the Department of Environmental Quality.
Payment of the penalty will not foreclose further enforcement action for any continuing or new
violation(s). Please submit payment to the attention of:
Wren Thedford
NC DEQ/DWR/Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
The total amount due for stipulated penalties is $1,000.00. Pursuant to 15A NCAC 18C .1912,
the legal action which may be taken could result in additional penalties and interest
assessments in addition to the existing penalties. To avoid legal action by the Attorney
General's Office (AGO), you must pay the full amount listed above no later than July 10,
2023, checks payable to NC DEQ and include the SOC number on the check[s] submitted.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
NORTH CARCLINA
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If you have questions concerning this matter, please contact Roberto Scheller of the Mooresville
Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
cc: WQS Mooresville Regional Office — Enforcement File
NPDES Compliance/Enforcement Unit — Enforcement File
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