NC0023736_NOV2015LV0688_20151115

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
October 29, 2015
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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED 7014 0510 0000 4466 8703 Water Quality
Permitting Section
Mr. W. Lane Bailey; City Manager
City of Lenoir
P.O. Box 958
Lenoir, North Carolina 28645-0958
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
NOV-2015-LV-0688
EMC-SOC-WQ-S13-002
Permit No. NCO023736
Gunpowder Creek WWTP
Caldwell County
Dear Mr. Bailey:
On December 1, 2013, the Environmental Management Commission entered into the subject
Special Order-by Consent (SOC) whereby the subject WWTP was granted relaxed effluent limitations from
those imposed by the NPDES Permit, in exchange for Lenoir's commitment to a schedule of wastewater
treatment plant improvements that will return the WWTP to compliance with the terms of the NPDES
Permit. The SOC contains provisions for the assessment of stipulated penalties when modified limits are
exceeded or schedule dates are not met.
A review of Lenoir's Gunpowder Creek WWTP's monitoring report for August 2015 showed the
following violations: j
Parameter Date Interim Limit Reported Value Limit Type
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Ammonia Nitrogen 08/31/2015 10 mg/ L 11.98 mg/L Monthly Average Exceeded
Ammonia Nitrogen 08/01/2015 15 mg/L 17:9 mg/ L Weekly Average Exceeded
Ammonia Nitrogen 08/08/2015 15 mg/ L 16.46 mg/L Weekly Average Exceeded
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Ammonia Nitrogen 08/29/2015 15 mg/L 15.51 mg/L Weekly Average Exceeded
You are directed to immediately take whatever remedial actions are necessary to correct the
problems that have led to this violation. Section III of the SOC stipulates penalties for noncompliance with a
any modified limits contained in the SOC. Section IV of the SOC lists certain conditions under which the i
stipulated penalties are not due.
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Water Quality Regional Operations—Asheville Regional Office
2090 U.S.Highway 70,Swannanoa,North Carolina 28778
Phone [phone] FAX [phone]
Internet: http://portal.nedenr.org/lAeb/Nvq
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Mr. W. Lane Bailey
October 29 2015
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If you have information that will establish to the satisfaction of the Division of Water Resources that
the conditions set forth in Section IV have been met, you must submit this information in writing to the
Asheville Regional Office within ten (10) days after receipt of this notice. If the Division is not satisfied that
the conditions set forth in Section IV have been met, this Office will proceed with assessment of stipulated
penalties as provided for in the SOC.
If you,should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Janet Cantwell or me at
828/296-4500.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations, NCDEQ
Asheville Regional Office
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cc: WQ Asheville Files/SOC
MSC 1617-Central Files-Basement
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NPDES Point Source Branch/SOC
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