NC0023981_Response_NOV2024PC0515_20240909

ti �.�F..LE+YQr� CITY OF' �.
JHE NfGHCDUnpyst f �
Elisa Triplett, Superintendent
Lower Creek Wastewater Treatment
[e-mail]
[phone]
Public Utilities
PO Box 985
Lenoir, NC 28645
DATE: September 9, 2024
Daniel Boss, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCEQ
2090 US Highway 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION TRACKING: NOV-2024-PC-0515
Dear Mr. Boss:
This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation letter dated September 6, 2024. Please
allow this letter to function as a CAR response to address these issues.
The 2023 annual on -site inspections for Lenoir Mirror, Exela Augusta, Exela Michelle, and
Stallergenes Greer Labs were inadvertently missed. These industries have not been in violation
of their permit requirements and are in good standing with the program. As a result, we feel
that the annual onsite inspection violation did not cause any issues at the wastewater
treatment plants ability to treat the wastewater. However, we will strive to ensure that all five
(5) SIU/CIU permitted industries will be inspected this year, 2024.
There have been several new employees, which requires new training. We are in the process of
one employee becoming more efficiently trained in the pretreatment program requirements.
He has already obtained two (2) of the three (3) levels of the NC pretreatment program
specialist certifications. As a recommendation note in the inspection report by Rachel Rose, all
this additional employee training is in preparation and hopes of getting him into a
pretreatment coordinator position. This position will be dedicated only to the pretreatment
program, which in turn will help alleviate future minor program violations.
�i of
Elisa Triplett, Supt. WWTP