NC0023736_SP-2015-0004_20151102

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor - Secretary
. October 29, 2015
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CERTIFIED MAIL
RETURN RECIEPT REQUESTED 7014 0510 0000 4466 8727 NOV - 3 2015
Mr. W. Lane Bailey, City Manager Water Quality
City of Lenoir .. Permitting Section
P.O. Box 958
Lenoir, North Carolina 28645-0958
Subject: • Department of Environmental Quality and
Environmental Management
Commission vs. City of Lenoir
Special Order by Consent WQ S13-002
Stipulated Penalties
SP-2015-0004
NPDES Permit Number NC0023736
,Gunpowder Creek WWTP
Caldwell County
Dear Mr. Bailey: - • -
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The City of Lenoir entered into a Special Order by Consent (SOC)WQ S13-002 with the
North Carolina Environmental Management Commission'whereby operation of the City of Lenoir
Wastewater Treatment Plant (Gunpowder Creek WWTP) has been placed under interim effluent
limitations and an enforceable schedule while the existing WWTP is being upgraded.
- Under section 3 of the Special Order by,Consent, the City of Lenoir was required to
comply with interim effluentt:limitations-as set forth in the Consent Order. The WWTP failed to
comply with the interim effluent'limitations for Ammonia Nitrogen and Total Suspended Solids
contained in "Attachment A" of the Order for the month of July 2015.
After careful review of this matter, I have not found grounds for sufficient justification to
waive the stipulated penalty, therefore, and pursuant to section 3 of the Special Order by
Consent, a stipulated penalty in the amount of$750.00 for each Weekly Average violation and
$1,750.00 for each Monthly Average violation is now due for a total of$4,750.00.
Payment by certified check payable to the Department of Environmental Quality must
be submitted to the Department at the,address.given below within thirty (30) days from receipt
of this demand:
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Point Source Compliance/ Enforcement Unit
Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617 3
You are reminded that payment of said penalties mentioned in this letter will not
foreclose further penalties for any future or continuing violations, failure to meet deadline dates,
or interim effluent violations.
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Water Quality Regional Operations—Asheville Regional Office
2090 U.S.Highway 70,Swannanoa,North Carolina 28778
Phone: [phone]/ FAX: [phone]
Internet http:llporfal.ncdenr.orglweblwq �
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Mr. W. Lane Bailey
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If you wish to contest any portion of the civil penalty assessment, you must request an
administrative hearing. This request must be in the form of a written petition to the Office of
Administrative Hearings and must conform to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General ;
Statutes.
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You must file your original petition with the:
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6714 Mail Service Center • i
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6714
Telephone [phone] Facsimile [phone]
and mail or hand deliver a copy of the petition to: I
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General Counsel
Department of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
• = Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 ,
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If you have any questions concerning this notification please contact-Janet I
Cantwell of this Office or me at(828) 296-4500. Q
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G. Landon Davidson, P.G.,• -egional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations, NCDEQ a
Asheville Regional Office 4
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ATTACHMENT A
City of Lenoir
• CASE NUMBER: SP-2015-0004
PERMIT: NC0023736 FACILITY: Gunpowder Creek WWTP COUNTY: Caldwell REGION: Asheville
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Limit Violations
MONITORING OUTFALL! VIOLATION UNIT OF CALCULATED %OVER
PENALTY REPORT PPI LOCATION PARAMETER DATE FREQUENCY MEASURE LIMIT VALUE LIMIT VIOLATION TYPE
$750.00 7-2015 001 Effluent NH3-N-Conc 7/4/15 5 X week mg/I - ;15 21 40.0 Weekly Average Exceeded
$750.00 ,7-2015 001 Effluent NH3-N-Conc 7/11/15 5 X week mg/I 15 29.00 93.1 Weekly Average Exceeded
$750.00 7-2015 001 Effluent NH3-N-Conc 7/25/15 5 X week mg/I 15 35.80 138.4 Weekly Average Exceeded
$1,750.00- 7-2015 001 Effluent NH3-N-Cone 7/31/15 5 X week mg/I 10 24.00 139.9 Monthly Average Exceeded
$750.00 7-2015 001 Effluent TSS-Conc 7/4/15 .5 X week mg/I 70 107.50 53.6 Weekly Average Exceeded
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