WQCS00376_NOV2022DV0245_20220823

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Nicole Johnston, Executive Director
Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority
PO Box 828
Elkin, NC 28621
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 23, 2022
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0245
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - July 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00376
Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority WWTP
Surry County
Dear Ms. Johnston:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority
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 (Mips) Location Cause (Gals) (Gals) DWR Action
202201064 7/7/2022 75 Ronda Park Lift Station Inflow and Infiltration, 750 750 Notice of Violation
Severe Natural
Condition
North Carolina Department of Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 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].
Sincerely,
DocuSiTgned 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 Envlronmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office 1 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem. North Carolina 27105
336.776.9500