WQCS00280_Civil Penalty Assessment_20241003

ROY COOPER
Governor
MARY PENNY KELLEY
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL 70191120 0001 5505 0803
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
October 1, 2024
Scott Kidd
Town of Liberty
P.O. Box 1006
Liberty, NC 27298-1006
SUBJECT: Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty
For Violations of North Carolina General Statute (G.S.) 143-215.1(a)(6)
And Collection System Permit No. WQCS00280
Town of Liberty SOC No. WQS19-011
Liberty Collection System
Case No. DV-2024-0108
Randolph County
Dear Mr. Kidd
On January 1, 2021, the Environmental Management Commission entered into the subject Special Order
by Consent (SOC) whereby the Town of Liberty wastewater collection system was granted interim
reduced penalties for sanitary sewer overflows (SSO) from the wastewater collection system in exchange
for the Town of Liberty's commitment to a schedule of improvements that will return the facility to
compliance with the terms of the Non -Discharge Permit. The SOC contains provisions for the assessment
of stipulated penalties when either a SSO occurs, or schedule dates are not met.
A review has been conducted of the SSO 5-Day Reports submitted by the Town of Liberty for the month
of July 2024. This review has shown the subject facility to be in violation of the requirements found in
Permit No. WQCS00280 and Special Order of Consent No. S19-011. This letter provides notice of a
civil penalty assessed against The Town of Liberty in the amount of $1500.00. The violations that
occurred are summarized in Attachment A to this letter.
This assessment has been taken under the authority of G.S. 143-215.6A and delegated from the secretary
of the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to G.S. 143-215.36(b)(7). Any continuing
violations shall be subject to new enforcement actions, including additional civil penalties.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
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Payment by certified check payable to the Department of Environment Quality or evidence to support
your claim that noncompliance was beyond the permittee's control must be submitted to the Department
at the address given below within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of this demand:
Director, Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
If you have any questions, please contact Gary Hudson with the Division of Water Resources of the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
I D-ocu Siiggned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Attachments
1. Attachment A
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
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ATTACHMENT A
Town of Liberty
CASE NUMBER: DV-2023-0108
PERMIT WQCS00280
NO:
FACILITY: Liberty Collection System
REGION: Winston-
Salem
COUNTY: Randolph
202401210
7/23/2024
CSO/SSO
Discharge
3,780
$250.00
(Sewer
without valid
Overflow)
PPe it
202401211
7/23/2024
CSO/SSO
Discharge
3,105
$250.00
(Sewer
without valid
Overflow)
permit
202401287
7/21/2024
CSO/SSO
Discharge
2,200
$250.00
(Sewer
without valid
Overflowpermit
202401288
7/21/2024
CSO/SSO
Discharge
3,650
$250.00
(Sewer
without valid
Overflowpermit
202401291
7/22/2024
CSO/SSO
Discharge
2,200
$250.00
(Sewer
without valid
Overflow)
permit
202401292
7/22/2024
CSO/SSO
Discharge
2,400
$250.00
(Sewer
without valid
Overflow)
vermit
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
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