SOC QUARTERLY REPORT NC0025437

109 N Main Street Town of Rich Square Phone: [phone]
P.O Box 336 Fax: [phone]
Rich Square, NC 27869 Website: richsquarenc.org
October 27, 2025
Raleigh Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
1628 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1628
Re: SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT (SOC)
EMC SOC WQ S24-002
Rich Square WWTP
NPDES Permit NCO025437
Northampton County
Dear Sir or Madam:
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Attached please find the Town of Rich Square's Third Quarterly Report due October 30, 2025, as
per the provisions of the Special Order of Consent (SOC) Schedule Table on Page 6.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if there are any questions.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
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Victoria Newcombe
Mayor
Town of Rich Square
cc: Compliance & Expedited Unit
NC DWR-NPDES Permitting Section
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617

109 N Main Street Town of Rich Square Phone: [phone]
P.O Box 336 Fax: [phone]
Rich Square, NC 27869 Website: richsquarenc.org
October 27, 2025
Re: SPECIAL ORDER BY CONSENT (SOC)
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EMC SOC WQ S24-002 OCT P.
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TOWN OF RICH SQUARE'S Yd QUARTERLY REPORT
• As required by the SOC, the Town submitted a 180 Day Evaluation Report on September
30, 2025, with the assistance of Richard Davis, Wastewater Training & Technical
Assistance Division of the North Carolina Rural Water Association (attached);
• Work under Town of Rich Square Waste Water Treatment Plant Improvements
Proiect No.: SRP-W-ARP-0276 is proceeding ahead of schedule, is nearly complete and
is approaching closeout;
• Under the Town's Asset Inventory & Assessment (AIA) Award from NCDEQ, work
continues to investigate the Town's Sewer System including collection, pumping and
treatment. As noted by AIA personnel, manholes belonging to the County and damaged
in the course of mowing were identified as major inflow points. Repairs to these
locations have been completed.
A Notice of Violation and Assessment of Civil Penalty, dated October 9, 2025, was sent
to the Town regarding a review of the Discharge Monitoring Report submitted by the
Town in March 2025. The details of the violation which relate to the pulling of samples
of Nitrogen and Phosphorus, and the Town's Response, dated October 22, 2025 are
attached. The Town is confident that the sample situation has been resolved.
• Other samples pulled from the WWTP continue to improve.
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Victoria Newcombe
Mayor
Town of Rich Square