WQCS00010_DV20210008_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-2021-0008
Incident Number 202001028
03/16/2020
Mr. Snider,
NORTH CAROLLN.4'S INTERNATIONAL CiT'r
Environmental 4uality
Received
FEB 19 2021
Winston-Salem
Regional Office
This letter is in response to the Notice of Violation, Case No. DV-2021-0008 concerning the spill that
occurred on March 16th, 2020 at 918 Lakecrest Avenue 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. This area is on a preventative
maintenance schedule and is being monitored more frequently. Cleaning has been increased to
monthly to help prevent any future spills in this area. The City of High Point distributed Fats Oils and
Grease prevention doorhangers to educate the public on proper grease disposal.
If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to call me at [phone].
Sincerely,
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, 21 1 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC 27261 USARECEiVED
Office: 336-883-3691 Fax: [phone] TDD 336.883.8517 FEB 1 1"1

JUSTIFICATION FOR REMISSION REQUEST
Case Number: DV-2021-0008
Assessed Party: City of High Point
PermitNo.: WQCS00010
County: Guilford
Amount Assessed: $884.54
Please use this form when requesting remission of this civil penalty. You must also complete the "Request For Remission,
Waiver of Right 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 violations) occurred or the accuracy of any of the factual
statements contained in the civil penalty assessment document. Pursuant to N.C.G.S. $ 14313-282.1(c), 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 assessment document);
(b) the violator promptly abated continuing environmental damage resulting from the violation (i.e., explain the
steps that you took to correvt the violation: and prevent fidrn•e occurrences);
_ (c) the violation was inadvertent or a result of an accident (i.e., explain why the violation was unavoidable or
sarnethingyou could notprevent orprepar•e for);
(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
hory payinent ofthe civil penalty will prevent you fi•orn perfornriirg the activities necessary to achieve
compliance).
EXPLANATION:
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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-2021-0008
Having been assessed civil penalties totaling 8$84.54 for violation(s) as set forth in the assessment document of the Division
of Water Resources dated January 12. 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.
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PERMIT NO:
WQCS00010
FACILITY:
High Point Collection System
Other Violations
INCIDENT
VIOLATION
NUMBER
DATE VIOLATION TYPE
ATTACHMENT A
City of High Point
CASE NUMBER: DV-2021-0008
VIOLATION DESCRIPTION
REGION: Winston-Salem
COUNTY: Guilford
TOTALVOLUME PENALTY
(GALLONS) AMOUNT
202000900
3/9/2020
CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow)
Discharge without valid permit
1,950
$0.00
202000916
202000917
3/10/2020
3/11/2020
CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow)
CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow)
Discharge without valid permit
Discharge without valid permit
900
1,920
$0.00
$0.00
202001028
3/16/2020
CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow)
Discharge without valid permit
6,300
$750.00
202001068
3/24/2020
CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow)
Discharge without valid permit
2,050
$0.00
202001071
3/24/2020
CSO/SSO(Sewer Overflow)
Discharge without valid permit
8,475
$0.00