NC0025836_NOV2016MV0005_20160116

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DONALD R_ VAN DER`-VAART
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Certified Mail # 7014 0510 0000 4466 7478
Return Receipt Requested
January 12, 2016
Sidney Harrison, Mayor
Town of Hot Springs RECEIVEDINCDEOIDWR
PO Box 218
Hot Springs, NC 28743-0218 JAN 2 8 2016
Water Quality
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION &INTENT TO ASSESS CIVIL PENALTY permitting Section
Tracking Number: NOV-2016-MV-0005
Permit No. NCO025836
Hot Springs WWTP
Madison County
Dear Permittee:
A review of the June 2015 Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the subject facility revealed the violation(s)
indicated below:
Monitoring Violation(s):
Sample Monitoring
Location Parameter Date Frequency Type of Violation
001 Effluent Nitrogen, Total (as N) - 6/30/2015 Semi-annually Frequency Violation
Concentration (C0600)
001 Effluent Phosphorus, Total (as P) - 6/30/2015 Semi-annually Frequency Violation
Concentration (00665)
A Notice of Violation/Intent to Issue Civil Penalty is being issued for the noted violation of North Carolina General
Statute (G.S.) 143-215.1 and the facility's NPDES Permit. 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.
State of North Carolina i Environmental Qualit} 'Water Resources
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