WQCS00024_NOV-2024-DV-0360_20240906

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Wayne Horne, County Manager
City of Lumberton
PO Box 1388
Lumberton, NC 28359-1388
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 06, 2024
Delivered via email to: whorne@ci, lumberton, nc, us
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2024-DV-0360
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00024
Lumberton Collection System
Robeson County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Lumberton. The Division's Fayetteville Regional Office concludes that the City of Lumberton violated Permit
Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00024 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate their collection
system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the SSO constituted
making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit is required by
G.S. 143-215.1.
The Fayetteville Regional Office is providing the City of Lumberton an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Lumberton should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total
Surface
Incident
Start
Duration
Vol
Water
Number
Date
(Minn)
Location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals) DWR Action
202401213
7/23/2024
120
716 Riverside Dr
Inflow and
10,000
0 Notice of Violation
Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
202401240
7/25/2024
420
515 NOIR STREET,
Inflow and
21,000
21,000 Notice of Violation
LUMBERTON, , 28358
Infiltration, Severe
Natural Condition
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Fayetteville Regional Office 1225 Green Street, Suite 7141 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
910.433.3300

Incident Start
Number Date
Duration
(Mips) Location Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals)
DWR Action
202401242 7/25/2024 135 716 Riverside Dr Inflow and 8,000 0 Notice of Violation
Manhole at Stephens Infiltration, Severe
Park Natural Condition
This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant
to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed
against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any
permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1.
This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its
receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other
actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be
considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface
waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors
considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of
rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kirsten Steininger with the Water Quality Section in
the Fayetteville Regional Office at 910-433-3339 or via email at [e-mail].
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Sincerely,
L igned by:
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CIPIPAgton, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Fayetteville Regional Office 1225 Green Street, Suite 7141 Fayetteville, North Carolina 28301
910.433.3300