WQCS00104_NOV-2024-DV-0070_20240206

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ELIZABETH S. B1SER
Secretary
RJCHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7022 1670 0000 9974 8808
Return Receipt Requested
February 06, 2024
Will Lewis, Mayor
City of Havelock
1 Governmental Ave
Havelock, NC 28532
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0070
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2023
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00104
Havelock Collection System
Craven County
The Honorable Will Lewis:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Havelock 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 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
202301233 8/31/2023 915 HAVELOCK Inflow and Infiltration, 123,000 123,000 Notice of Violation
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Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 10
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
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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