WQCS00129_NOV-2024-DV-0076_20240206 (2)

ROY COOPER
coeernor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secrerary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7022 1670 0000 9974 4916
Return Receipt Requested
February 6, 2024
Dr. J. Jerome Newton, Mayor
Town of Mount Olive
PO Box 939
Mount Olive, NC 28365-0939
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2024-DV-0076
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — January 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00129
Mount Olive Collection System
Wayne County
Dear Honorable Newton:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
Town of Mount Olive. The Division's Washington Regional Office concludes that the Town of Mount Olive violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00129 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 Washington Regional Office is providing the Town of Mount Olive an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the Town of Mount Olive should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation that is
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202400216 1/10/2024 0 Manhole at Influent Inflow and 4,000 4,000 Notice of Violation
pump station Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition, Power Outage,
Pump station equipment failure,
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This letter is to inform you that the Special Order by Consent contains a stipulated penalty of $5000 per violation.
Paragraph 4 of the Consent Order states in part that the stipulated penalties are not due if the Town satisfies the
Division that non-compliance was caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control as outlined in the
SOC.
If you have justification that this violation was caused by events or circumstances beyond the Town's control, you
must reply in writing to the Washington Regional Office within ten (10) days after receipt of this Notice. Your
justification will be reviewed, and a recommendation forwarded to the Director for their consideration. In the
absence of such justification, this Office shall proceed with recommendations that the Director demand payment of
the stipulated penalty as included in the Consent Order.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sarah Toppen with the Water Quality Section in
the Washington Regional Office at 252-946-6481 or via email at [e-mail].
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Sincerely,
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Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Washington Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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