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Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
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CERTIFIED MAIL # 7018 1130 0000 1612 7796
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
August 10, 2020
Michael Borchers, E P
City of Greensboro
PO Box 3136
Greensboro, NC 27402-3136
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2020-DV-0346
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - May 2020
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00006
Greensboro 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 Greensboro. The Division's Winston-Salem Regional Office concludes that the City of Greensboro violated
Permit Condition I (2) of Permit No. WQCS00006 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 Greensboro an opportunity to provide evidence and
justification as to why the City of Greensboro 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
202001329 5/5/2020 164 810 Warehouse St. Debris in line 9,000 9,000 Notice of Intent
202001330 5/5/2020 48 Off ramp of US 29 S & Pipe Failure (Break) 1,500 1,500 Notice of Violation
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Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202001339 5/7/2020 242 3 Dumont Court Pipe Failure (Break) 300 300 Deficiency, No Further
Action
202001351 5/8/2020 300 1619 Stanley Rd Debris in line 3,500 3,500 Notice of Intent
202001352 5/9/2020 164 2508 Grimsley St Grease 1,500 Notice of Violation
202001353 5/9/2020 22 1900 East Bessemer Debris in line 200 200 Notice of Violation
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202001354 5/10/2020 135 1619 Stanley Rd Debris in line 2,200 2,200 Notice of Violation
202001404 5/19/2020 113 1619 Stanley Road Debris in line 2,200 2,200 Notice of Violation
202001593 5/21/2020 460 1109 Sunset Drive Severe Natural 12,000 0 Notice of Intent
Condition
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.
Additionally, please explain in your written reply how the 12,000 gallons spilled in incident
202001593 was contained and prevented from reaching surface water,
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 ron.boone@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
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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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