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February 22, 2024
Ms. Kathy Bond, Director of Finance
Town of Liberty
P. O. Box 1006
Liberty,NC 27298
Subject: Return of Check# 50856
Town of Liberty Civil Penalty & SOC Annual Fee Payments
Permit Numbers: WQ0003090 & WQCS00280
SOC Number: S19-001, Ad. 1
Randolph County
Dear Ms. Bond:
Per your request as communicated to me in our February 20, 2024 email exchange,please find
attached the Town of Liberty's check number 50856, in the amount of$2,750.00. The check had been
submitted to serve as payment for civil penalty assessments and a Special Order by Consent(SOC)
annual fee for 2024. As DWR staff worked to process the check, errors were discovered within the text
of the civil penalty assessment documents that had been sent to the Town. These errors hindered the
Town's ability to prepare a check that would accurately address the civil penalty and fee payment
obligations. After consultation with you, return of the initial payment was determined to be best way to
proceed until matters associated with the documents were resolved and a precise amount of
outstanding civil penalties was tallied and communicated to the Town.
We regret the inconvenience this has caused and hope to have these matters resolved in short order. It
is my understanding that the Winston-Salem Regional Office has prepared and sent to you corrected
documents in the matters of DWR civil penalty assessment cases DV-2023-0030, DV-2024-0010 and
SP-2024-0005. Attached with this letter,please find a copy of the Division's January 23, 2024 letter to
the Town, calling for payment of the $500.00 annual fee associated with the Special Order by Consent
(SOC) the Town has entered into with the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission.
It is requested that payment tendered by the Town to address or satisfy fee payments and penalties be
made via two separate checks. While we understand this may be a further inconvenience to the Town,
it will be very helpful to us. Processing of fee payments and penalties are managed by different areas
within our operation and the ultimate destinations of the funds will be in different accounts. Separate
payments will help to ensure efficient processing.
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Thank you for the patience and understanding you have shown in this matter. If you have any
questions about this letter, please contact me at 919-707-3602, or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
January 23, 2024
Roger Davis
Town of Liberty
PO Box 1006
Liberty, NC 27298-1006
SUBJECT: ANNUAL FEE INVOICE-SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT
Dear Permittee:
Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 143-215.3D(c),an annual fee is to be paid by those entities that have
entered into a Special Order by Consent(SOC).This document is to serve as an invoice for the payment of the
following annual fee for calendar year 2024.
SOC Number Permit Number Facility Name SOC Annual Fee
S19-011 WQ0003090 Town of Liberty WWTF $500.00
WQCS00280 Liberty Collection System
Please remit your payment by check made payable to"North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality,"at the
following address:
NCDEQ- Division of Water Resources
Attn:SOC Annual Fee Billing
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1617
Payment of this SOC annual fee should be made no later than February 29,2024. Please be aware that the SOC
annual fee is In addition to any other permit fees that may be associated with the subject facility.
If you have any questions about this letter, please contact me at(919)707-3602,or via email at
[e-mail]. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
b Sledge
Environmental Specialist
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