WQCS00010_NOI2020DV0511_20201119

ROY COOPER
cod ernof
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
CERTIFIED MAIL: 7018 1130 0000 1612 9172
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
November 19, 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-0511
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - September 2020
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
202002565 9/6/2020 2,238 610 East Kearns Debris in line, Roots 44,760 44,760 Notice of Intent
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North Carotins i]epsrtment of Environmental Quality I Diuision of Water Resources
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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,
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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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North Caroi-ina Department of f nvirunmental Quality I Diuision of Water Resouf-pes
WinstonSalern Reg,oirsa Office 1 450 West }Eaves Mill Road, Sane 30D I WinstonSalern, North Carofina 27105
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