NC0026671_NOV-2024-LV-0752_20240830

ROY COOPER
coeernor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secrerary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
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Return Receipt Reauested
August 30, 2024
Patrick DeVane, Interim Town Manager
Town of Elizabethtown
PO Box 700
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-LV-0752
Permit No. NCO026671
Elizabethtown WWTP
Bladen County
Dear Permittee:
A review of the June 2024 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the violation(s)
indicated below:
Limit Exceedance Violation(s):
Sample
Location Parameter
Limit Reported
Date Value Value Type of Violation
001 Effluent BOD, 5-Day (20 Deg. C) - 6/8/2024 18 19.5 Weekly Average Exceeded
Concentration (C0310)
001 Effluent BOD, 5-Day (20 Deg. C) - 6/30/2024 12 13.05 Monthly Average Exceeded
Concentration (C0310)
Remedial actions should have already been taken to correct this problem and prevent further occurrences in the
future. Please respond in writing within ten (10) business days after receipt of this Notice, stating whether the
violation(s) has been corrected, or if it is of an ongoing nature. If the violation(s) has been resolved, your
response should include a description of the actions that were taken to address the violation(s) and to prevent
their reoccurrence.
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If the violations cited in this Notice are of a continuing nature, you must provide a report to DWR's Fayetteville
Regional Office that includes the following information:
• Owner and Facility Name, and NPDES Permit Number.
• A list of violations that have occurred during the noncompliant episode.
• A statement summarizing the facility's investigation of the noncompliance, indicating its cause.
• The facility's corrective action plan or strategy to address the noncompliance.
• A statement describing the facility's implementation of its corrective action plan, including the date of an
anticipated return to consistent compliance.
Your response and/or report should be submitted to my attention to the address at the bottom of the first
page, or you may send it as an attachment to an email to [e-mail]. Either form of
reply should be submitted within ten (10) business days.
If continuing violations are not related to operation and/or maintenance problems, and you anticipate remedial
construction activities, you may wish to consider applying for a Special Order by Consent (SOC). Please be aware
that it is a condition of your NPDES permit that you adequately address such violations (Part II, Section B. 2 -
the "Duty to Mitigate" condition). Violations of a continuing nature can justify the assessment of increased civil
penalty amounts to address the noncompliance.
If you have any questions concerning this matter, wish to request technical assistance, discuss overall
compliance, or explore the possibility of entering into a SOC, please contact Hughie White of the Fayetteville
Regional Office at 910-433-3300.
Sincerely,
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Mark Brantley, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Fayetteville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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