WQCS00056_NOV-2024-DV-0394_20240926.rtf

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Director Environmental Quality
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 4109 3967
Return Receipt Reauested
September 26, 2024
Jack Meadows, Acting Interim Manager Town
Town of Siler City
PO Box 769
Siler City, NC 27344
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2024-DV-0394
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00056
Siler City Collection System
Chatham County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's), and a 5-Day Report/s has not
been submitted by Siler City Collection System for the incidents indicated below. The Division's Raleigh Regional
Office concludes that Siler City Collection System violated Permit Condition IV (2) of Permit No. WQCS00056 by
failing to file a 5-Day spill report. The Division's Raleigh Regional Office also concludes that the Siler City Collection
System violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00056 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 Raleigh Regional Office is providing the Town of Siler City an opportunity to provide evidence and justification
as to why the Town of Siler City 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
202401551 8/8/2024 SILER CITY Severe Natural 875 875 Notice of Violation
Condition (Missing 5-Day Report)
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh,North Carolina 27609
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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 a
5-day report has not been submitted for an incident, please submit one to the division as soon as possible. This
report shall outline the actions taken or proposed to ensure that the problem does not recur. [G.S. 143-215.1C(a 1)]
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Myles Parker with the Water Quality Section in the
Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Signed by:
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Vanessa E. Manuel, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
_ Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh,North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200