WQCS00249_NOV-2023-DV-0368_20231011

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7021 2720 0002 3808 3939
Return Receipt Reauested
Franky J Howard
Onslow Water and Sewer Authority
228 Georgetown Rd
Jacksonville, NC 28540
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 11, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2023-DV-0368
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00249
ONWASA Collection System
Onslow County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
Onslow Water and Sewer Authority. The Division's Wilmington Regional Office concludes that the Onslow Water
and Sewer Authority violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00249 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 Wilmington Regional Office is providing the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority an opportunity to provide
evidence and justification as to why the Onslow Water and Sewer Authority 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 (Mlins) Location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals) DWR Action
202301362 9/19/2023 110 1304 HAMMOCKS
Other, Power
16,500
16,500 Notice of Violation
BEACH ROAD,
Outage, Pump
SWANSBORO 28584
station equipment
failure
D_E Qk�� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quaky I Division of Water Resources
Wilmington Regional Office 1 127 Cardinal Drive Extension I Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
910.796.7215

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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 Helen Perez with the Water Quality Section in the
Wilmington Regional Office at 910-796-7215 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
EOocuSigned by:
AFC8ECSFCD446... for
Morella Sanchez -King, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Wilmington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Wilmington Regional Office - WQS File
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