WQCS00046_Notice of Violation_20240925

ROY COOPER
cowman
MARY PENNY KELLEY
Secretary
RIC HARD E. ROGERS. A
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 25, 2024
Miles Braswell, City Manager
City of Belmont
298 Parkdale Dr
Belmont, NC 28012
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2024-DV-0376
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - August 2024
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00046
Belmont Collection System
Gaston County
Dear Mr. Braswell:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Belmont indicates violations
of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include failing to
effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the land or
surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a
permit is required. With regard to SSOs that occurred on August 8 & 9, 2024, and in keeping with the
Governor's Executive Order No. 311, which declared a statewide state of emergency for the Severe Weather Event
that occurred, the Division of Water Resources is utilizing its enforcement discretion and only issuing a Notice of
Violation for events that noted 'Severe Natural Conditions' as contributing to SSOs on those dates. No additional
response to the Division is necessary for events that occurred within those dates.
Specific incident(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202401525 8/8/2024 435 201 CLAY STREET, Inflow and Infiltration, 6,525 6,525 Notice of Violation
BELMONT Severe Natural Tropical Storm Debby
Condition
202401530 8/8/2024 435 2021 THE OAKS Inflow and Infiltration, 6,525 6,525 Notice of Violation
PARKWAY, BELMONT Severe Natural Tropical Storm Debby
Condition
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Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, North Caroltna 28115
704.663.1699

Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202401531 8/8/2024 390 773 Cason St. Inflow and Infiltration, 5,850 5,850 Notice of Violation
Belmont NC Severe Natural Tropical Storm Debby
Condition
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Joanna Harbison with the Water Quality Regional
Operations Section in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email at
0oanna.harbison @-deq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
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Andrew H. Pitner, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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Mooresville Regional Office 1 610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301 1 Mooresville, North Carolina 26115
704.663.1699