case background and assessment remission request enforcement
13-02 AGENDA ITEM: __________ REQUEST FOR REMISSION OF CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSMENT DWQ Case Number: LM-2012-0016
Region: Winston-Salem
County: Guilford
Assessed Entity: Monroe’s Mobile Home Park WWTP
CASE BACKGROUND AND ASSESSMENT May 8, 2012
May 10, 2012
Monroe’s Mobile Home Park was assessed a civil penalty of $447.62 ($300.00 civil penalty plus $147.62 investigative costs): $250.00 for one violation of the permitted monthly average effluent limitation for Ammonia Nitrogen in January 2012. $50.00 for one failure to properly monitor Temperature during January 2012 as required by NPDES permit NC0055913. Green card indicated delivery of the assessment document.
REMISSION REQUEST May 18, 2012 May 21, 2012
November 19, 2012
November 21, 2012
Remission request signed by Mr. Thomas Monroe. DWQ received the request for remission from Thomas Monroe, prepared by Richard Hughes, ORC. The request included a “Justification for Remission Request” and a “Waiver of Right to an Administrative Hearing and Stipulation of Facts.” The Director of DWQ considered the information contained in the remission request and found grounds to reduce the civil penalty assessment by the total amount of $50.00, making the modified assessment amount $397.62. Green card indicated delivery of the remission decision document.
ENFORCEMENT HISTORY Monroe’s Mobile Home Park has been assessed civil penalties during the five years prior to the assessment of this penalty.
REQUEST FOR ORAL PRESENTATION No request has been made for an oral presentation before the Environmental Management Commission’s Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions.
DWQ RECOMMENDATION The Division of Water Quality opposes any remission or mitigation of the penalty beyond that granted in the Director’s remission decision.
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Region: Winston-Salem
County: Guilford
Assessed Entity: Monroe’s Mobile Home Park WWTP
CASE BACKGROUND AND ASSESSMENT May 8, 2012
May 10, 2012
Monroe’s Mobile Home Park was assessed a civil penalty of $447.62 ($300.00 civil penalty plus $147.62 investigative costs): $250.00 for one violation of the permitted monthly average effluent limitation for Ammonia Nitrogen in January 2012. $50.00 for one failure to properly monitor Temperature during January 2012 as required by NPDES permit NC0055913. Green card indicated delivery of the assessment document.
REMISSION REQUEST May 18, 2012 May 21, 2012
November 19, 2012
November 21, 2012
Remission request signed by Mr. Thomas Monroe. DWQ received the request for remission from Thomas Monroe, prepared by Richard Hughes, ORC. The request included a “Justification for Remission Request” and a “Waiver of Right to an Administrative Hearing and Stipulation of Facts.” The Director of DWQ considered the information contained in the remission request and found grounds to reduce the civil penalty assessment by the total amount of $50.00, making the modified assessment amount $397.62. Green card indicated delivery of the remission decision document.
ENFORCEMENT HISTORY Monroe’s Mobile Home Park has been assessed civil penalties during the five years prior to the assessment of this penalty.
REQUEST FOR ORAL PRESENTATION No request has been made for an oral presentation before the Environmental Management Commission’s Committee on Civil Penalty Remissions.
DWQ RECOMMENDATION The Division of Water Quality opposes any remission or mitigation of the penalty beyond that granted in the Director’s remission decision.
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