WQCS00010_DV20210002_Remission_Request_20210210

Public Services Department
Water & Sewer Mains Division
Michael S. Parrish
ORC WWCS
February 10, 2021
Lon T. Snider
NCDENR
Winston-Salem Regional Office
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
RE: Notice of Violation
Case No. DV-2021-0002
Incident Number 201901917
12/11/2019
Mr. Snider,
NORTH CAROLms INTERNATIONAL CITy"
NC Department of
Environmental Qualit
Received y
FEB 19 1011
Winston-Salem
Regional
This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation, Case No. DV-2021-0002 concerning the spill that
occurred on Dec 111, 2019 at 1589 Skeet Club Rd, Guilford County, High Point, North Carolina.
The City of High Point requests remission of this civil penalty. As soon as the city was notified of a spill
in this area, City crews mobilized to find and remove the cause of the spill. The cause of the spill was
identified as grease which had not been an issue in the past. The frequency of monitoring has been
increased to help prevent any future spills in this area. This was referred to our pretreatment
coordinator for further investigation. Inspections where preformed at three of the restaurants that
contribute to this line and one was found to be in violation at the time of inspection. Pretreatment
provided Fats Oils Grease information to all inspected facilities that day and a NOV was issued to the
restaurant that was found to be in violation. We have not had any other violation in this area since the
inspection.
If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Michael S. Parrish
ORC WWCS
cc: Terry Houk- Public Services Director, Derrick Boone- Assistant Public Services Director, Greg Hall- W/S
Mains Superintendent, Joseph Holden- Assistant W/S Mains Superintendent, Carrie Hyler-Pretreatment
Supervisor, File
City of High Point, P.O. 230, 211 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC 27261 USA
Office: 336-883-3691 Fax: [phone] TDD 336.883.8517
RECEIVED
FEB 1 'wql
Public service Dept -

JUSTIFICATION TOR REAUSSION REQUEST
Case Number: DV-2021-0002
Assessed Party: City of High Point
PermitNo.: WQCS00010
County: Guilford
Amount Assessed: $1,134.54
Please use this form when requesting remission of this civil penalty. You must also complete the "Request For Remission,
Waiver ofRtght to an Administrative Hearing and Stipulation of Facts" form to request remission of this civil penalty.
You should attach any documents that you believe support your request and are necessary for the Director to consider in
evaluating your request for remission. Please be aware that a request for remission is limited to consideration of the five
factors listed below as they may relate to the reasonableness of the amount of the civil penalty assessed. Requesting
remission is not the proper procedure for contesting whether the violation(s) occurred or the accuracy of any of the factual
statements contained in the civil penalty assessment document. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 143B-282.1(c)i remission of a civil
penalty maybe granted only when one or more of the following five factors apply.. Please check each factor that you
believe applies to your case and provide a detailed explanation, including copies of supporting documents, as to why the
factor' applies (attach additional pages as needed).
(a) one or more of the civil penalty assessment factors in N.C.G.S. 14313-282.1(b) were wrongfully applied to the
detriment of the petitioner (the assessment factors are listed in the civil penalty assessient docmnent);
(b) the violator promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting from the violation (i.e., explain the
steps.that you took to correct the violation and prevent futie•e occurrences);
(c) the violation was inadvertent or a result of an accident (i.e., explain why the violation was imavoidable or
somethingyott could »ol prevent orpreparefat);
(d) the violator had not been assessed civil penalties for any previous violations;
(e) payment of the civil penalty will prevent payment for the remaining necessary remedial actions (i.e., explain
hots payment of the civil penally ivill p•evettt yott front petfo-ntittg the activities necessay to achieve
compliance).
EXPLANATION:

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF GUILFORD
IN THE MATTER OF ASSESSMENT
OF CIVIL PENALTIES AGAINST
City of High Point
High Point Collection System
PERMIT NO. WQCS00010
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO AN
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND
STIPULATION OF FACTS
CASE NO. DV-2021-0002
Having been assessed civil penalties totaling $1,134.54 for violation(s) as set forth in the assessment document of the
Division of Water Resources dated January 11. 2021, the undersigned, desiring to seek remission of the civil penalty, does
hereby waive the right to an administrative hearing in the above -stated matter and does stipulate that the facts are as
alleged in the assessment document. The undersigned further understands that all evidence presented in support of
remission of this civil penalty must be submitted to the Director of the Division of Water Resources within thirty (30) days
of receipt of the notice of assessment. No new evidence in support of a remission request will be allowed after (30) days
from the receipt of the notice of assessment.
This the I day of 31Z u A K y 20_?=_L
[GNATURE
ADDRESS
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14tcL P6lts. Al C. 272
TELEPHONE
336 • 883- 3215

ATTACHMENT A
City of High Point
CASE NUMBER: DV-2021-0002
PERMIT NO: WQCS00010
FACILITY: High Point Collection System
Other Violations
REGION: Winston-Salem
COUNTY: Guilford
INCIDENT
VIOLATION
TOTALVOLUME
PENALTY
NUMBER
DATE
VIOLATION TYPE VIOLATION DESCRIPTION
(GALLONS)
AMOUNT
201901917
12/11/2019
CSO/SSO(SeweiOverflow) Discharge without valid permit
3,655
$1,000.00
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