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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 24, 2018
James Buddy Gwaltney
Town of Spring Hope
PO Box 87
Spring Hope, NC 27882
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2018-DV-0128
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2018
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00206
Spring Hope Collection System
Nash County
Dear Mr. Gwaltney:
The self-reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Spring Hope indicates
violations of permit conditions stipulated in the subject permit and North Carolina G.S. 143-215.1. Violations include
failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate the subject collection system so that there is no SSO to the
land or surface waters and making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for
which a permit is required.
Specific incidents cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201800442 3/20/2018 480 705 E. Nash Street, Inflow and Infiltration, 3,800 3,800 Notice of Violation
Spring Hope NC Severe Natural
Condition
201800444 3/21/2018 840 705 E. Nash Street, Inflow and Infiltration, 6,000 6,000 Notice of Violation
Spring Hope NC Severe Natural
Condition
201800099 1/21/2018 120 500 N. Poplar Street, Grease 100 0 BPJ, No Further Action
Spring Hope NC
State of North Caiolma I Environmental Quality I Watei Resouices
1628 Mail Service Centel,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628
919-791-4200

Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
Sinc e ,
Danny Smith, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Cc: Raleigh Regional Office - WQS File
Central Files, Water Quality Section
State of North Carolina I Envnonniental Quality Water Resources
1628 Mail Service Center,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628
919-791-4200