WQCS00206_NOV-2019-DV-0208_20190429

ROY COOPER
Corrrmar
MICHAEL S. BEGAN
secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
armor
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Qualify
CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7017 0190 0000 9562 6735
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
April 29, 2019
James Buddy Gwaltney, Mayor
Town of Spring Hope
PO Box 87
Spring Hope, NC 27882
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0208
Sanitary Sewer Overflows — January, February, March 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00206
Spring Hope Collection System
Nash County
Dear Mayor 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 incident 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
201900253 1/24/2019 320 Manhole upstream Inflow and Infiltration, 3,800 3,800 Notice of Violation
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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
businesg 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].
Sincerely,
Rick Bolich, L.G., Assistant 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
Jae Kim, Town Manager: PO Box 87, Spring Hope, NC 27882
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