WQCS00042_NOV2022DV0222_20220812

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Terra A. Greene, City Manager
City of Lexington
28 W. Center St.
Lexington, NC 27292-3099
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 12, 2022
SUBJECT: NOTICE OF VIOLATION
Tracking Number: NOV-2022-DV-0222
Sanitary Sewer Overflows - June 2022
Collection System Permit No. WQCS00042
Lexington Collection System
Davidson County
Dear Ms. Greene:
The self -reported Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) 5-Day Report submitted by City of Lexington 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
202200906 6/14/2022 15 30 Hames St, Pipe Failure (Break) 300 300 Notice of Violation
Lexington, North
Carolina, 27295
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
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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
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