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CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7015 1520 0002 8376 2074
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
August 22, 2019
Adrian T Miller
City of Belmont
PO Box 431
Belmont, NC 28012
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2019-DV-0331
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - June 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00046
Belmont Collection System
Gaston County
Dear Mr. Miller:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Belmont 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(s) cited in the subject report include the following:
Total Vol
Total
Surface
Incident
Start
Duration
Vol
Water
Number
Date
(Mips)
Location Cause
(Gals)
(Gals)
DWR Action
201901024
6/9/2019
147
1709 Cardinal Court Debris in line
1,816
1,816
Notice of Violation
201901038
6/9/2019
120
Morgan's Branch Lift Power Outage
4,200
4,200
Notice of Violation
Station
Flood condition
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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
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 should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Michael Meilinger or me in the Mooresville
Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or via email at [e-mail] or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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W. Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Mooresville Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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