WQCS00033_NOV-2022-DV-0131_20220510

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Stan Farmer, City Manager
City of Mount Airy
PO Box 70
Mount Airy, NC 27030-0070
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 10, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0131
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - March 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00033
Mount Airy Collection System
Surry County
Dear Permittee:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Mount Airy 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:
Incident Start Duration
Number Date (Mins) Location
Cause
Total Vol
Total Surface
Vol Water
(Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202200360 3/4/2022 189 Southeast of 711 Other 2,047 2,047 Notice of Violation
Greenhill Road
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.
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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
336.776.9500

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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Lon T. Snider, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Winston-Salem Regional Office
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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
336.776.9600