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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
December 11, 2019
Courtney Driver, Director of Utilities
City of Winston-Salem
PO Box 2511
Winston Salem, NC 27102
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2019-DV-0444
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00003
Winston-Salem Collection System
Forsyth County
Dear Permittee:
A review has been conducted of the self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO's) 5-Day Report/s submitted by
City of Winston-Salem. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Winston-Salem
violated Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00003 by failing to effectively manage, maintain, and operate
their collection system so that there is no SSO (Sanitary Sewer Overflow) to the land or surface waters and the
SSO constituted making an outlet to waters of the State for purposes of G.S. 143-215.1(a)(1), for which a permit
is required by G.S. 143-215.1.
The Winston-Salem Regional Office is providing the City of Winston-Salem an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Winston-Salem should not be assessed a civil penalty for the violation(s) that are
summarized below:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Minn) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
201901429 9/3/2019 58 4870 Thales Rd Debris in line 225 68 No Further Action
201901432 9/3/2019 600 1332 Calvert Drive, Pipe Failure (Break) 50 50 No Further Action
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Total Vol
Total
Surface
Incident
Start
Duration
Vol
Water
Number
Date
(Mins)
Location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals)
DWR Action
201901445
9/5/2019
50
2201 Reynolda Rd
Grease
75
50
No Further Action
201901554
9/18/2019
665
Outfall Old Greensboro
Pipe Failure (Break)
3,300
3,300
Notice of Intent
Rd
201901602
9/30/2019
60
1312 Calvert Dr.
Pipe Failure (Break)
20
20
No Further Action
Winston-Salem, NC
201901604
9/26/2019
340
1604 Cranberry Hill
Debris in line
2,940
2,940
Notice of Intent
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This Notice of Violation / Notice of Intent to Enforce (NOV/NOI) is being issued for the noted violation. Pursuant
to G.S. 143-215.6A, a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) may be assessed
against any person who violates or fails to act in accordance with the terms, conditions, or requirements of any
permit issued pursuant to G.S. 143-215.1.
This office requests that you respond to this Notice, in writing, within 10 business days of its
receipt. In your response, you should address the causes of non-compliance, remedial actions, and all other
actions taken to prevent the recurrence of similar situations. The response to this correspondence will be
considered in this process. Enforcement decisions will also be based on volume spilled, volume reaching surface
waters, duration and gravity, impacts to public health, fish kills or recreational area closures. Other factors
considered in determining the amount of the civil penalty are the violator's history of non-compliance, the cost of
rectifying the damage, whether the spill was intentional and whether money was saved by non-compliance.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ron Boone with the Water Quality Section in the
Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-776-9800 or via email at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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