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RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
February 03, 2020
Terry L Houk
City of High Point
PO Box 230
High Point, NC 27261-0230
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0052
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2019
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00010
High Point Collection System
Guilford 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 High Point. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of High Point violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00010 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 High Point an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of High Point 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
201901828 12/2/2019 15 1402 Wiltshire Street Grease 275 275 Notice of Violation
201901832 12/1/2019 515 3906 Lasalle Drive Pump station 27,600 27,600 Notice of Intent
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Total Vol
Total
Surface
Incident
Start
Duration
Vol
Water
Number
Date
(Mins)
Location
Cause
(Gals)
(Gals)
DWR Action
201901845
12/4/2019
42
210 Swathmore Ave
Debris in line, Grease
450
450
Notice of Violation
201901884
12/13/2019
47
211 Swathmore Ave
Grease
1,645
800
Notice of Intent
201901917
12/11/2019
216
1589 Ski Club Rd
Grease
3,655
3,655
Notice of Intent
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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