WQ0003299_Notice of Violation_20240220 (6)

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ELIZABETH S.BISER
Secretary ,
RICHARD E.ROGERS,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7022 0410 0000 7789 5275
Return Receipt Requested
February 20, 2024
Terry Jones, Director Public Works
City of Conover
PO Box 549
Conover, NC 28613-0549
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0112
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - January 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00088
Conover Collection System
Catawba County
Dear Mr. Jones:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Conover 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 (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202400027 1/5/2024 35 2009 KEISLER DAIRY Pump station 150 25 Deficiency,No Further
ROAD,CONOVER,NC, equipment failure Action
28613
202400100 1/9/2024 435 2006 Pump station Rd Inflow and Infiltration, 230,000 230,000 Notice of Violation
NE Conover NC Severe Natural Winter Storm 2024
Condition
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Mooresville Regional Office 1610 East Center Avenue.Suite 301 I Mooresville.North Carolina 28115
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Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations. Regarding the SSO's that occurred on January 9 & 10, 2024, and in keeping with the
Governor's Executive Order No. 300, which declared a statewide state of emergency for the Severe Weather Event
that occurred, the Division of Water Resources is utilizing its enforcement discretion and only issuing a Notice of
Violation for events that noted'Severe Natural Conditions'as contributing to SSO's on those dates. No Additional
response to the Division is necessary for events that occurred within those dates.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Joanna Harbison with the Water Quality Regional
Operations Section in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email at
ioanna.harbison©dea.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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Central Files, Water Quality Section
brian.bradshaw(c�conovernc.gov
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
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