NC0026441_NOV2024SP0007_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 6739
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-0007
Special Order by Consent: WQ S22-003
Siler City WTP
Permit Number: NCS000001
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 WTP'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
February 1, 2024: begin construction of WTP Solids Handling Improvements. The Division of Water Resources
(DWR) did not receive a due date extension request from the permittee for the aforementioned activity. According
to correspondences with the permittee, the begin construction of WTP Solids Handling Improvements
Scheduled Activity was not completed by the due date of February 1, 2024, 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 DWR that any or all of the criteria set forth in Section 2 (a.) were met by
the due date of February 1, 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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