HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00280_Notice of Violation_20240620ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Scott Kidd, Town Manager
Town of Liberty
PO Box 1006
Liberty, NC 27298-1006
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 20, 2024
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0275
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00280
Liberty Collection System
Randolph County
Dear Mr. Kidd:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Liberty 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(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202400916 5/14/2024 90 6937 KINRO ROAD, Pump station 750 750 Notice of Violation
LIBERTY, , 27298 equipment failure
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please note
that the Division of Water Resources (DWR) began assessing civil penalties for severe and/or repeat SSOs
starting December 1, 2007. Enforcement decisions are based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface waters,
duration, gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills and other factors.
North Carolina Department of Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Gary Hudson with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at gary.hudson@deq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
DocuSiTgned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500