WQCS00079_Notice of Violation_20231120

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 1810 0002 1109 4736
Return Receipt Requested
Chris Medlin
City of Clinton
PO Box 199
Clinton, NC 28328-0199
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 20, 2023
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2023-DV-0413
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - October 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00079
Clinton Collection System
Sampson County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Clinton indicates violations of
permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include failing to
effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the land or
surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a
permit is required.
Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202301500 10/30/2023 1,440 711 SOUTHWEST Pipe Failure (Break) 7,200 7,200 Notice of Violation
BOULEVARD,
CLINTON, 28328
D North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
:/ Fayetteville Regional Office 1 225 Green Street Suite 714 I Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
910.433.3300

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
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 [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Mark Brantley, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Fayetteville Regional Office - CT
D iNorth Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
:/ Fayetteville Regional Office 1 225 Green Street Suite 7M I Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
910.433.3300