NC0020061_NOV2017LR0021_20170717 (5)

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
July 14, 2017
ROY COOPER
Govej not
MICHAEL S REGAN
Seci elmp
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
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Certified Mail 7010 2780 0003 4825 8681 - Return Receipt Requested
Mayor James Gwaltney
Town of Spring Hope
PO Box 87
Spring Hope, NC 27882-0087
Subject: NOTICE OF VIOLATION- NOV-2017-LR-0021
for Late Discharge Monitoring Report (DMRs)
NPDES Permit NCO020061
Spring Hope WWTP
Nash County
Dear Mayor Gwaltney:
The Division is concerned about missing and late monthly Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs) for the
subject facility. Our records show that you have not submitted a DMR for September 2013 [see table below]
Our files reflect the following record:
DMR Due Received Date Days Late
September 2013 1 31 October 2013 1 Not Received 1,352
Failure to submit a timely DMR can subject you to civil penalty assessments not to exceed $25,000 per
violation In accord with the NPDES Program, DMRs are due no later than the last day of the month following
the month of reporting, i.e., a June DMR is due no later than July 31 [Part 11, Condition D (2); 15A NCAC
213.506 (a)]. If you have documents proving that this record is in error, please forward them to us. Otherwise,
please submit by August 14, 2017, all DMRs listed in the table above as "Not Received."
Please also note that the Town of Spring Hope now enters a probationary period wherein a repeat violation for
late reporting within the coming calendar year July 2017 — June 2018, may prompt this office to assess civil
penalties
If you have questions, please email the Expedited Permitting and Compliance Unit, attention Breanna Young
[brianna young@ncdenr gov], or call her direct line [phone].
he Central Files
NPDES Program Files
RRO Supervisor, Danny Smith
ectfully,
S. Jay Zimmerman, P.
Director, Division o Water Resources
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
919 807 6300 919-807-6389 FAX
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