WQ0029169_Stipulated Penalty Demand Case No. SP_2023-0037 Permits WQ0029169, WQCS00129 &NC0020575_20231205

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS. JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 5, 2023
CERTIFIED MAIL 7021 0950 0001 8685 2644
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
Kenneth K. Talton, Mayor
Town of Mount Olive
PO Box 939
Mount Olive, NC 28365-0939
Subject: Case No. SP-2023-0037
Department of Environmental Quality vs. Town of Mount Olive,
Stipulated Penalty Demand for Violation of Consent Order
EMC SOC S20-002; NOV-2023-SP-0003
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's 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 February
1, 2023, as was noted in the Notice of Violation (NOV-2023-SP-0003) issued to the Town of
Mount Olive on August 22, 2023. 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 $4,000 dollars in NOV-2023-SP-0003.
�-DIE North Carolina Depmtmant of Enviroamental Quality Division of Water Resources
Washington Regional Office - 943 Washington Square Mall - Washivgm North Carolina, 27899
252-946 6481

Stipulated Penalty Demand for Violation of Consent Order
EMC SOC S20-002
November 8, 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,
RA" TM."
for, Richard E. Rogers, Jr.
Director
Division of Water Resources
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