WQCS00343_NOV-2020-DV-0295 Response_20200702

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June 30, 2020
W. Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
610 East Center Avenue, Suite 301
Mooresville, North Carolina 28115
Dear Mr. Basinger:
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OOR SVILLF— REGIONAL OFFICIF
Please accept this letter as acknowledgement of your Notice of Violation Tracking Number:
NOV-2020-DV-0295 dated June 25, 2020, regarding sanitary sewer overflows during Late May.
As you are aware our 2020 year-to-date rainfall has been historic in terms of quantity and
sustained periods of heavy down pours involving tropical storms.
Our staff continues to monitor such events and works diligently to prepare and prevent, to the
extent possible, such overflows.
Thank you again for the assistance your agency provides to system operators statewide. Please
note that Roger Hosey is no longer manager of the Town of Landis.
Respectfully submitted, aA--A-K
Leonard Barefoot, Interim Town Manager, Town of Landis
Cc: Ron Miller, Public Works Director
Chris Ritchie, Water and Sewer ORC

ROY COOPER
Govertwr
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL #: 7018 0360 0002 2099 69
RETURN
June 25, 2020
Roger Hosey, Manager Town
Town of Landis
PO Box 8165
Landis, NC 28088
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2020-DV-0295
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00343
Landis Collection System
Rowan County
Dear Mr. Hosey:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Town of Landis 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:
Incident Start Duration
(dumber Date (Mina) Location Cause
202001591 5/27/2020 120 610 S Upright Street Severe Natural
Condition
Total Vol
Total
Surface
Vol
Water
(Gals)
(Gals) DWR Action
20,000
14,000 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural Condition
202001592 5/27/2020 165 314 W Fourth Street Severe Natural
Condition
12,000 7,000 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural Condition

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If you have any questions, ple
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in the Mooresville Regional OQuality Section
office at 704-663-1699 or via email at michael•meilin erC�ncd
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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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