WQCS00056_NOV2024SP0006_20240410

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS,_JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
April 10, 2024
Certified Mail # 7017 2680 0000 2219 6722
Return Receipt Requested
Hank Raper, Town Manager
Town of Siler City
PO Box 769
Siler City, NC 27344
Subject: Notice of Violation and Intent to Assess Stipulated Penalties
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-SP-0006
Special Order by Consent: WQ S22-003
Siler City Collection System
Permit Number: WQCS00056
Chatham County
Dear Mr. Raper:
The subject Special Order by Consent WQ S22-003 (SOC) contains terms and conditions agreed to by the Town of
Siler City and the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission that were established to promote the
Siler City Collection System's expedited return to consistent compliance with applicable environmental laws, rules
and/or permit conditions. The SOC includes an enforceable compliance schedule and provision for the assessment
of stipulated penalties when SOC terms and conditions are not met.
Section 2. (a) of the SOC requires the Town of Siler City to have completed the following Scheduled Activity by
December 30, 2023: Award Construction Contract for Main Interceptor Replacement Project. At the request of the
permittee, the due date for the aforementioned Scheduled Activity was extended to March 29, 2024. Pursuant to
Section 2. (c) of the SOC, an extension will only be granted on a one-time basis per Scheduled Activity. According
to correspondences with the permittee, the Award Construction Contract for Main Interceptor
Replacement Project Scheduled Activity was not completed by the extended due date of March 29,
2023, therefore the Town of Siler City is in violation of Section 2. (a) of SOC WQ S22-003.
Section 5. (c) of the SOC stipulates the following penalties for failure to complete a Scheduled Activity by the
assigned due date: $1,000 per day for the first seven (7) calendar days and $2,000 per day thereafter.
If you have information that will prove to the Division of Water Resources (DWR) that any or all of the criteria set
forth in Section 2 (a.) were met by the extended due date of March 29, 2024, this information must be submitted
in writing to the Raleigh Regional Office within ten (10) days after your receipt of this notice. In the absence of
evidence justifying the application of the provisions within the SOC, DWR may proceed with assessment of stipulated
penalties as provided for in Section 5. (c) of the SOC.
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200

If you have any questions about this matter, please contact Jesse Barnes at [phone], or via email at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
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