NC0021369_NOV2017MV0039_20170317

Certified Mail # 7015 1520 0003 5463 3159
Return Receipt Requested
March 24, 2017
Tm Barth, Town Manager
1i own of Columbus
iP0 Box 146
r Columbus, NC 28722
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2017-MV-0039
Permit No. NCO021369
Columbus WWTP
Polk County
Dear Permittee:
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A,review.of the September 2016 -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 Chlorine, Total Residual (50060) 9/3/2016 2 X week Frequency Violation
001 Effluent Chlorine, Total Residual (50060) 9/17/2016 2 X week Frequency Violation
If the above parameter was left off inadvertently, please send amended eDMRs within 10 business days of receipt
of this letter to Raleigh and also a copy to this office.
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct any noted problems. The Division of
Water Resources may pursue enforcement actions for this and any additional violations. If the violations are of a
continuing nature, not related to operation and/or maintenance problems, and you anticipate remedial
construction activities, then you may wish to consider applying for a Special Order by Consent (SOC).
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
2090 U.S. 70 Highway, Swannanoa, NC 28778
828-296-4500

If you have any questions concerning this matter or to apply for an SOC, please contact Janet Cantwell of the
Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supe or
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Asheville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: WQS Asheville Regional Office - Enforcement File
NPDES Compliance/Enforcement Unit - Enforcement File
Jason Phillips/ ORC
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