WQCS00047_NOV-2021-DV-0337_20210810

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretory
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
Certified Mail # 7020 3160 0000 2219 2825
Return Receipt Requested
T Chet Mann
City of Sanford
PO Box 3729
Sanford, NC 27330-3729
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 10, 2021
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2021-DV-0337
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2021
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00047
Sanford Collection System
Lee County
Dear Mr. Mann:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Sanford 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:
Total Vol
Total Surface
Incident Start Duration Vol Water
Number Date (Mins) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101535 7/8/2021 240 305 E. Rose Severe Natural 960 960 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101536 7/8/2021 180 2nd & Sycamore Severe Natural 540 540 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101537 7/8/2021 180 Market & Hickory Severe Natural 720 720 Notice of Violation
Condition
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13600 Barrett Drive I Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200

Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202101538 7/8/2021 180 Maple & Jenkins Severe Natural 360 360 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101539 7/8/2021 120 522 Sunset
Severe Natural 600 600 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101540 7/8/2021 120 544 Sunset
Severe Natural 600 600 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101541 7/8/2021 120 2002 N. Shoreline Dr Severe Natural 360 360 Notice of Violation
Condition
202101542 7/8/2021 105 4110 Crusaders Dr Severe Natural 210 210 Notice of Violation
Condition
Remedial actions, if not already implemented, should be taken to correct the above noncompliance. Please submit
a written response to this Notice of Violation. Your response is to be received by the regional office within 15
business days following receipt of this violation. Please include any additional documentation about this incident(s)
in the response. The submittal will be considered in determining whether the Division will assess a civil penalty for
the cited violations.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mitchell Hayes with the Water Quality Section in
the Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200 or via email at [e-mail].
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cc: Regional Office - WQS File
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Sincerely,
Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Raleigh Regional Office
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quaky • Division of Water Resource.
Raleigh Regional Office 3800 Barren Olive Raleigh North Carolina 27609
919.7914200