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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWQCS00010_NOI_NOV2021DV0250_20210518ROY COOPER Governor DIONNE DELLI-GATTI Secretary S. DANIEL SMITH Director Certified Mail # 7018 1130 0000 1608 0305 Return Receipt Requested Terry L Houk City of High Point PO Box 230 High Point, NC 27261-0230 NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality May 18, 2021 SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION & INTENT TO ISSUE CIVIL PENALTY Tracking No.: NOV-2021-DV-0250 Sanitary Sewer Overflows - February 2021 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: Incident Start Duration Number Date (Mins) Location Cause Total Vol Total Surface Vol Water (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action 202100706 2/19/2021 48 410 Eastchester Drive Debris in line 3,600 3,600 Notice of Intent 202100844 2/22/2021 260 2547 Ambassador Ct. Grease 12,900 12,900 Notice of Intent D_EQ ) North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality i Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 I Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 336.776.9800 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 ron.boone@ncdenr.gov. Cc: Laserfiche ODE Sincerely, �DocuSigned by: L-o, l . 3 lAts 145B49E225C94 EA... 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 I Division of Water Resources Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 West Hanes Mill Road. Suite 300 I Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105 33b.776.9800