NC0046728_PC-2016-0046_20160909

PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
WaterResources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
September 9, 2016
Mr. Barry McKinnon, Public Utilities Director
Town of Mooresville
PO Box 878
Mooresville, NC 28115
Subject: Remission Request of Civil, Penalty Assessment
Rocky River WWTP -
NPDES Permit NCO046728
Case Number PC -2016-0046
Iredell County
Dear Mr. McKinnon:
Secretary
S. JAY ZIM VMRMAN
Director
This letter is to acknowledge your request for remission of the civil penalty levied against the
subject facility. Your request will be scheduled for review by the Director and you will be
notified of the result.
If you have any questions about this matter, please contact me at [phone] or via e-mail at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
Derek Denard, Environmental Specialist
Compliance & Expedited Permitting Unit
Division of Water Resources, DEQ
cc: Enforcement File w/originals
NPDES Program Files
Central Files w/attachments
Mooresville Regional Office w/attachments
ec: Charles Wood, Town of Mooresville, WWTP Manager -Rocky River [[e-mail]]
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919-707-9000

TOWN OF
MOORESVILLE.
Wastewater
Deparbnent
August 8th, 2016
Wren Thedford
NC DEQ/DWR/Water Quality Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Charles Wood
WWTP Manager
Town of Mooresville
P. O. Box 878
Mooresville, NC 28115
Phone (704)
Fax (704)
AUG 162016
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SUBJECT: Remission of Civil Penalty for Violations of the Reporting
Requirements.
Dear Mr. Thedford:
This letter is to request a remission of the civil penalty assessed against the
Town of Mooresville regarding failure to begin submitting Discharge
Monitoring Reports electronically (eDMR).
The Town did not begin electronic submission of DMRs sooner because we
were of the understanding that DWR staff members would first visit our
plant. During this expected visit, we intended to discuss and be advised on
how we were to calculate our influent flow and submit data for that
parameter.
During the period of December 2014 to March 9th 2016, our plant operated
with two influent flows due to, prior expansion and the construction of two
package plants. The question of how to make our calculations based on
these two influent flows and how to enter that data into the eDMR
database was discussed several times. However, DWR staff did not make a
visit during this period, and, assuch, we remained uncertain of how to
enter this data.
Additionally, the Town believed that the State had yet to complete a
"template" specific to our plant— i.e. based on the parameters and limits
found in our permit - in the eDMR database, and that this would need to

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reach completion before we could begin entering our compliance data and
submitting it electronically. We were unaware that the template was
considered ready and that we should have already begun our electronic
submissions.
On March 9th, 2016, Sr. Environmental Specialist Wes Bell approved the
Town for utilizing the data from one influent flow based on findings during
his inspection of our plant. However, we were still unaware after his visit
that we should begin submitting eDMRs right away due to our
understanding that constructing the template for the Town was still in
process.
We would like to apologize for any confusion or misunderstanding on our
part. The Town of Mooresville strives in every way to maintain compliance
with our NPDES permit, and offers our assurance that this violation was
due to miscommunication rather than deliberate disregard for our duty.
With that in mind, we humbly request the Division of Water Resources for
remission of the civil penalty assessed against the Town of Mooresville.
The Town of Mooresville will make an extensive effort to submit all future
DMR electronically as required starting with July, 2016.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Charles Wood
WWTP Manager- Rocky River
Town. of. Mooresville
[phone] Cell
[phone] Office
[e-mail]
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