WQCS00003_NOI2021DV0156_20210325

ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLI-GATTI
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7018 1130 0000 1608 0558
Return Receipt Requested
Courtney L Driver, Director Utilities of
City of Winston-Salem
PO Box 2511
Winston Salem, NC 27107-9998
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 25, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY
Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0156
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - December 2020
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 (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202003438 12/7/2020 13 200 Cassel St Other 2,706 Notice of Violation
202003468 12/14/2020 360 2600 Woodberry Drive Grease 360 360 Notice of Violation
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 271.05
336.776.9800

Incident Start
Number Date
Duration
(Mins) Location
Cause
Total
Vol
(Gals)
Total Vol
Surface
Water
(Gals) DWR Action
202003471 12/14/2020 1,140
3495 Braddock Court,
Tanglewood Park
Pipe Failure (Break) 1,873,000 1,873,000 Notice of Intent
202003490 12/16/2020
202003504 12/17/2020
60 3612 Denver Street Pipe Failure (Break)
450 450 Notice of Violation
150 1155 Hubert Ct Debris in line, Grease
4,500 2,250 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].
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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
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336.776.9800